Happy Birthday Harvey Milk!
Today would have been Harvey Milk’s 79th birthday. It also would have been an official day of significance in the state of California, had Governor Schwarzenegger not vetoed legislation to declare every May 22 as officially Harvey Milk Day.
Last year, the Governor stated that Harvey Milk was merely a local hero; not a man worthy of remembrance with an official day of significance. But we can officially say that this is not true–And an Academy Award proves it. Harvey Milk taught the people who surrounded and supported him the principles that he stood for and he never backed down from what he believed. He believed in being out in every part of one’s life, building coalitions as part of a broader social justice movement, and never settling for less than full equality. These principles are still true and needed today.
This year, on Harvey Milks 79th birthday, the Governor has another chance to sign the Harvey Milk Day legislation, authored by Senator Mark Leno, making Harvey’s 80th birthday and every birthday thereafter an official day of significance and remembrance in the state of California.
Sign the petition to be sent to Governor Schwarzenegger to urge him not to veto the Harvey Milk Day legislation. Make sure he knows that Harvey Milk is not only of local significance, but is an inspiration to all gays, lesbians, and allies who have had the distinct pleasure to learn of him and what he believed in and worked for to advance equality.
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