It’s one of those situations that blows me away. Had Harvey Milk been a straight man who had to work extra hard at getting the gay castro vote to win his district there would never be any mention of his political service.
Simply because he was a homosexual he gets a holiday in his name and we should all be OK with it because it was such an awful thing that happened to him. If anyone does a thorough search about all that mess they will find that Dan White had very little problem with Harveys sexuality. White was having issues with both the Mayor and Milk for making him look like a bumbling fool. The gay community realized this and needed for it to appear as if Whites main problem was over Milks sexuality when the truth was it was Milks politics he had the problem with. Milks death yanked the gay community out of the closet as they marched with candles the night of his death so they used his death as a catalyst to start their agenda. But who and what Milk really was is not at all worthy of some damn holiday.
I know of a few local heros ( Law enforcement, firemen and women, community leaders ) who have all died violently and simply because their sexuality was not displayed they are considered the silent heros and not one person suggests lets have a holiday in rememberance.
I’m amazed at the insult this mans name brings to the table when it comes to a state holiday.
Should this pass, I will ignore it in my classroom. Will not be mentioned, will not be condoned, will not be celebrated. Test scores are in the cellar, and they want to do THAT?