Medavog Talks: Got Hope? Harvey Milk - Prop6 Prop8 & MORMON BIGOTS

After watching Harvey Milk, I know understand the meaning of life in the fast lane, put your seat belt, it is going to be a BUMPY RIDE FOLKS!

Thirty years ago on election night Harvey Milk gave an electrifying speech at the "No on Proposition 6" headquarters in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco. The results were in: Proposition 6 was going down to defeat.

In 1978, Proposition 6 ( "the Briggs Initiative") was the California ballot measure aimed at preventing gay people and supporters from working as teachers in public schools. Harvey Milk was a San Francisco city council member who had been in office for a mere ten months. Through his role in this campaign he proved himself to be more than just an "elected gay official." He was a leader at the height of his powers. When introduced to the crowd that night by Sally Gearhart (another important figure in the fight against Proposition 6), the response to Harvey was thunderous. He proceeded to give one of the greatest speeches of his relatively short political career.

Although there are many parallels to be made between Proposition 6 (1978) and Proposition 8 (2008) there are also many differences. Unlike Proposition 8, Proposition 6 had a name, a face, and a personality as its figurehead in the person of State Senator John Briggs. Briggs came across as a seemingly opportunistic and somewhat ineffectual politician, but regardless of his baboonery, the issue that he and his supporters tapped into -- "gay teachers" -- was volatile enough to find large-scale support among the electorate. Only one month before the election it looked as if it would be a very close vote, with the majority of California voters in favor of its passage.
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[melancholy1rose]

Great video - you look fabulous in your lovley shirt and hat darling!!! Harvey Milk RIP! I used to get bugged with Mormons coming round our door when I was a lot younger, they are weirdos!! Love Yx

[medavog]

I love RUBY RED Melancholy remix!

Thank you for your support and thoughts!

Seasons greetings.

[rasenganzanpakuto]

Mormons, being very highly religious, support their own ideas, whether others like it or not. However, I believe that insulting the Mormons and ridiculing their beliefs is wrong. We should not bring down their beliefs with degrading insults and attacks, but by reinforcing ours to outshine theirs. One of my best friends is Mormon and is undeniably a respectable person, even though he harbors different opinions about these matters.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

-Mahatma Gandhi

[rasenganzanpakuto]

Fist of all, I have no problem against gay rights. Living in the San Francisco Bay Area (in which 8 out of its 9 counties voted No on Prop 8) I supported the No vote and thought that since it was pretty mutual where I lived, I thought it was going to work. I am truly disappointed on how it turned out.

[krasamia]

hello sweety! nice video =)

[kanookle]

was it a good flick?

[medavog]

Thank you Doll! ;o)

[TinaM1177]

Oh yes I know you very well! You look fantastic and I love that Christian Dior pin of yours. I wish you luck in your endeavours dear Francisco.

[orygun15]

Medavog! I am a fan and a subscriber and I have a question to ask: Why didn't California's State Assembly pass a civil union bill in the last years? As a gay man I wonder why a state tha is run by "progressives" and has a "Govinator" who would sign the bill, not pass a bill that would give these rights? In Oregon, as soon as the Democrats got both houses of the legislature, a civil union bill was passed and signed into law. Why not in California?

[abiram21]

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