Watch a great video of that speech created by Causecast:
Got Hope? Harvey Milk.
"Somewhere in Des Moines or San Antonio there is a young gay person who all the sudden realizes that he or she is gay; knows that if their parents find out they will be tossed out of the house, their classmates will taunt the child, and the Anita Bryant's and John Briggs' are doing their part on TV. And that child has several options: staying in the closet, and suicide. And then one day that child might open the paper that says "Homosexual elected in San Francisco" and there are two new options: the option is to go to California, or stay in San Antonio and fight. Two days after I was elected I got a phone call and the voice was quite young. It was from Altoona, Pennsylvania. And the person said "Thanks". And you've got to elect gay people, so that thousand upon thousands like that child know that there is hope for a better world; there is hope for a better tomorrow. Without hope, not only gays, but those who are blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's: without hope the us's give up. I know that you can't live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you, and you, and you, and you have got to give them hope." - Harvey Milk, 1978
3 comments:
Do you know if when Milk is released they are going to show it here in Oly? I would love to see it as I am sure others would as well.
I have no idea, but my guess would be that it won't show here as a first run movie but will come to the Olympia Film Festival a year later.
We saw "Milk" and it is an amazing, powerful film. I highly recommend it. And I think its ridiculous that it has been given an 'R' rating.
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