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One Step Closer to Harvey Milk DayPosted on May 14, 2009
Friends and admirers of the late San Francisco supervisor and gay rights activist have been rallying to establish an annual commemorative day in his honor, and on Thursday, the California Senate approved a bill that would officially make Milk’s birthday, May 22, Harvey Milk Day in the Golden State. Predictably, certain of the bill’s opponents are using scare tactics, apparently aiming to alarm right-wing parents (among others) by claiming that the measure’s passage would result in the mandatory observance of “gay day” in California’s schools ... and even “bisexual or transsexual pride parades in schools every May 22.” However, the lone Republican to vote for the bill, state Sen. Abel Maldonado, broke with his party after reading the fine print instead of buying the hard-line spin and suggested that his conservative colleagues do the same.
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By hippie4ever, May 17 at 5:11 pm #
I met Harvey when he was on the street campaigning for Board of Supes. He didn’t look like a politician - he looked a lot like me with jeans & long hair. “Here’s my propaganda - pls read it & VOTE,” he said. I did and we lost and lost again but the third time was the charm.
I miss Harvey, and George…and now we’ve The Dianne and Nancy Show instead of a populist leadership…it’s certainly not the same nation anymore, much less the City which is well tarnished.
I hope this bill passes - it would make Harvey very happy & proud. The San Francisco Police Officers Association set up his assassination, and undoubtedly bemoan the “glorification of the gay lifestyle.” They are those who claim traditional family values, which have been recently expanded to include torture and murder. We don’t have a “special” day for them because every day is theirs.
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