Don't Like a Professor? Demand His E-Mails

Two University of Virginia students have filed a Freedom of Information Act request for Professor Douglas Laycock's e-mails and other correspondence. The intent does not seem to be to actually gain information, but rather to punish the law professor for supporting legal causes that they view as inimical to gay rights. Presumably it has occurred to them that this could have a chilling effect on other professors who might be tempted to give aid and comfort to the enemy. A local news station obtained a copy of an open letter that the students wrote to Laycock; notably absent is any malfeasance they hope to uncover through the FOIA request, other than Laycock's writing things they disagree with. They do say they want a dialogue, but they seem to have an exceedingly strange idea of what constitutes a good icebreaker.