(Democrat Congressman) Filner Calls for Navy to Name Ship for Harvey Milk

Fox 5 San Diego ^ | April 24, 2012 | Tony Perry

[DogByte6RER]

Filner calls for Navy to name ship for Harvey Milk

SAN DIEGO - Rep. Bob Filner has called on the Navy to name a ship after slain gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk, who served as a Navy officer in the early 1950s.

In a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Filner said naming a ship after Milk "would be a great tribute to Milk's support for equality and in keeping with effort(s) to promote equality in our military after the recent repeal of the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy."

Milk served as a diving officer aboard a submarine rescue ship and later as a diving instructor stationed in San Diego.

Filner, a candidate for mayor of San Diego, said, "I will continue to work with the GLBT (gay-lesbian-bisexual-transsexual) Historic Task Force of San Diego County to promote the legacy of our nation's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk."

Milk was murdered on Nov. 27, 1978, while serving as a San Francisco supervisor.

[DogByte6RER]

"Filner calls for Navy to name ship for Harvey Milk"

WTF?!?

[BenLurkin]

Some a-hool named a ship after Gabbie Giffords.

[MindBender26]

Make it a sub, since they go down all the time, and hide as much as they can.

Follow ther WWII tradition and name it after a fish.

How about the USS Fagfish.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

On Nov. 27, 1978 Harvey went down for the last time!

[cripplecreek]

Well Milk was full of semen.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

I got a little bit of reaction on the original Gabby Giffords ship thread when I said this:

“When this current bunch of lunatics is thrown out of office, I propose we name a ship the USS Mary Jo Kopechne.”

[Trod Upon]

SS Sodomy?

[Salamander]

The Good Ship Lollipop

[Zakeet]

Well they did name this aircraft carrier after Bill Clinton ... so why can't they find a suitable garbage scow ... complete with an over-sized oiler ... and a stretched dumper ... that's hauled lost of fruit ... and I better quit here or I'll get banned from Free Republic ... sigh

[dalereed]

If it must be make it be a garbage scow!

[Salamander]

So what got named for the [R] judge who was -killed- that day?

Why is here is no mention of him, ever?

[mardi59]

We can have the USS Sodomite or the USS Butt Pirate, or even the USS Poofter.

I’m so tired of the gay issue.

[albie]

That should put the finishing touches on completely destroying our military.

[ConorMacNessa]

USS Harvey Milk - Flagship of the Bunghole Navy - commanded by a Rear Admiral of course.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I think of only one thing that’s appropriate for the name ‘Harvey Milk’. An ATM machine....with an automated voice...”Would you like to make a deposit?”

[Zakeet]

How about the USS Fagfish.

Or the USS Puffer Fish
Or the USS Blow Fish
Or the USS Crabs

[Charles Henrickson]

[Moose4]

Name a fleet oiler after him. I mean, don’t they stick hoses into other ships and pump them full of fluid?

(I really shouldn’t have gone there before lunch, should I?)

}:-)4

[Ax]

With this, having a US Warship named after you is as prestigious as having a Nobel Peace Prize.

[Zakeet]

USS Harvey Milk ... commanded by a Rear Admiral of course.

How would surviving family members be able to handle a casualty at sea?

My daddy went down on the Harvey Milk? I don't think so.