Seen "Milk"?

Here's a link to the documentary: http://www.hulu.com/watch/49577/the-times-of-harvey-milk

I wanted to add another comment, too. James Franco starred in that movie, and was supposed to be a speaker at UCLA's graduating class this year, but people opposed it. And, Penn's acceptance speech where he mentioned the "signs of hate" was very touching. I woke up daily to having to see those signs. When prop 8 was upheld, I went to a protest, and met with one of the 18,000 couples that got to keep their marriage intact. Wow, and to think, nothing happened to the sanctity of all the hetero marriages here. Odd. Please, note the sarcasm.

Thanks for a great response and for the link to the documentary. I must confess to not having known much about Harvey Milk until the movie came out but the more I learn the more I admire him. On Oscar night I was so happy Sean Penn won the award even though I had yet to see the movie and I thought his acceptance speech was the best I've ever heard. I know there are people here who can't stand him and I'm sure some here who would agree that Dan White was a hero just like some think Scott Roeder was a hero for having assassinated Dr. Tiller but to me those attitudes of hate don't fit in with the "pro-life" ideology these same people claim to live by. I regret that I wasn't in California where I would have been happy and proud to go with you to protest Prop 8 if I had been there. Annie

Interesting.

It's about Harvey Milk. He was the first openly gay person to hold a political office, and he made quite a movement for the gay community. It is very saddening but very important to watch. You can see a documentary about Harvey Milk, too, if you look at the link in my first post.