In response to our feature this week on the anti-gay petitions, a reader writes in to tell us about a knock on her Milwaukie front door last night:

Just last night I was interrupted making dinner to a knock at my door. I went to see who it was and it was a man getting signatures to deny gay marriage rights for the exact petition you spoke of in your article today.

I had to ask the man to repeat what he said to me, not because I did not hear him, but because I was shocked at what I was being asked. I cannot believe people waste their time to discriminate against other human beings.

Anyway, he kindly repeated what he said and I politely said no thank you and that I would not be signing the petition. He then took more of my time to ask me if I understood what was happening by not signing that petition, and I politely responded yes.

Going door-to-door strikes me as a desperate move, if it’s happening on an organized level (now that it’s pretty clear the “ask your fellow churchgoers, friends, and family members” hasn’t gotten the ‘phobes the signatures they need).