We need their voices again
by: Mike Tidmus
Mon Oct 20, 2008 at 15:04:00 PM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7671Harvey Milk, George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein
With the election mere weeks away and with California's Proposition 8 slightly ahead in the polls, it's time to call on our friends to walk-the-walk and speak out against the radical religious right's attempt to eliminate marriage equality in California. Lane Hudson, writing at Huffington Post, has published a powerful letter to California Senator Dianne Feinstein urging her to reaffirm her support for our community by raising her voice against Proposition 8...
Mike Tidmus :: We need their voices again
Open Letter to Sen. Feinstein
Senator Feinstein:
In the current edition of Out Magazine, there is a feature by Michael Joseph Gross on his experience on the set of MILK and his interaction with the actors portraying the characters in the film. There is one paragraph that stood out HUGELY to me:
Milk was the Barack Obama of his time and place. When he ran for the board of supervisors, Milk made grand promises to heal deep social tensions in his city. At his swearing-in, he said, "A true function of politics is not just to pass laws, but to give hope." Dianne Feinstein, then president of the board, responded, "Hope is fine, but you can't live on hope."
