Fundies fight Harvey Milk Day in California

via Scripps News:



Schwarzenegger grapples with honoring gay icon Harvey Milk
Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 13:21

By JIM SANDERS, Sacramento Bee

Much has happened since a proposal to honor gay-rights pioneer Harvey Milk each year with a state-declared day of recognition was vetoed last September by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger:

-- Milk's life was portrayed in an Academy Award-winning movie, "Milk," that resulted in a best-actor Oscar for Sean Penn.
-- President Barack Obama posthumously awarded Milk the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring that the San Franciscan "changed the landscape of opportunity for the nation's gay community."
-- The California Hall of Fame selected Milk for its 13-member "Class of 2009" to honor people who "embody California's innovative spirit and have made their mark on history."

Now Schwarzenegger must wrestle again with the notion of honoring Milk's birthday with an annual day of recognition, a proposal adopted by the Legislature and sent to the governor last week.
Senate Bill 572, if signed into law, would encourage schools to conduct "suitable commemorative exercises" each May 22 to remember Milk's life and social contributions.

"No modern history of California can be told without including him," said Sen. Mark Leno, a San Francisco Democrat who proposed the honor.

Opponents counter that schools already are hard-pressed to cover required curriculum and that many parents would find honoring Milk objectionable.

"When you consider that SB 572 would affect children as young as kindergarten without parental consent, you can understand why Harvey Milk 'gay day' is driving fathers and mothers crazy," said Randy Thomasson of SaveCalifornia.com, an advocacy group on family issues. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/46940

then they should stop assassinating them. Sounds like a fair deal to me.

Harvey Milk Day~

When you consider that SB 572 would affect children as young as kindergarten without parental consent, you can understand why Harvey Milk 'gay day' is driving fathers and mothers crazy," said Randy Thomasson of SaveCalifornia.com, an advocacy group on family issues. ........(more)

So its ok to hate us fags cause thats a family value?
They teach their kids hate towards us, teaching them that we do things to be respected for is wrong.

If I had hair i would pull it out. I guess they have not considered that gays own guns too. I have had to deal with these assholes my whole life.


I am so sick of them.

Many parents find acknowledging President Obama, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez objectionable too.

As Frank Schaeffer said so well on the Rachel Maddow Show,
"Look, a village cannot reorganize village life to suit the village idiot. It's as simple as that."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsAbgfAGzlE">MSNBC's Rachel Maddow - Frank Schaeffer: GOP sub-culture is "a fifth column of insanity"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#32886436">Frank Schaeffer on the Rachel Maddow Show