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Harvey Milk fans win a day; Governor signs bill for remembrance day

In California, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Cesar Chavez Day in order to celebrate the rights of the groups they represented and honor the people who showed America that they were not afraid to stand proud in the face of adversity.

Harvey Milk’s story has finally become recognized as an important part of our history because, like the two men mentioned above, Milk united and inspired a group of people and helped usher in new rights for them.

In 1977 Milk joined the San Francisco Board of Supervisors as the first openly gay person to be elected into public office in the state of California. Milk helped author a gay rights ordinance for San Francisco, that stated that someone could not be fired because of their sexual orientation.

Another city supervisor, Dan White, assassinated both Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Milk only served 11 months in office, but in that short time he succeeded in breaking boundaries that had once confined the gay community, letting others know that there was nothing wrong with them and showing people to be proud about what you believe in.

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Certain Christian and conservative groups fear that AB 2567 will cause schools to require students to participate in events or activities that refer to Milk as an openly gay politician. Supporters deny this stating that this day would show another part of human rights activism in the United States. Like Martin Luther King Jr., Milk died fighting for a dream of equality and acceptance.

As a nation that purports to strive for understanding, these groups just keep to their one point of view. Those who oppose this bill refuse to see that being gay or lesbian isn’t a choice, it’s the way someone is born. Just as if I was born with brown hair, it’s the way I am.

Milk was a great man and deserves the recognition of the battles he fought for his gay and lesbian associates. People should shift their focus away from the fact that Milk was gay and celebrate another civil rights activist who helped better our country by introducing new ideas of freedom and acceptance.

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