As mentioned in an earlier post, last May the California Legislature passed a bill, AB 2567, declaring May 22, Harvey Milk Day. The bill was sent to Governor Schwarzenegger, but AB 2567 was held hostage by the State’s budget debacle. Well, the state at long last has a budget, and it’s time to tell Arnold to get out his mighty pen and sign AB 2567 into law.
More background on Harvey Milk and Harvey Milk Day can be found in this fact sheet.
From EQCA (Equality California) :
ACTION ALERT: Call the Governor!
Tell him to sign the Harvey Milk Bill.
The right wing has turned up the heat, flooding Gov. Schwarzenegger’s office with an overwhelming number of calls opposing our bill that would honor LGBT hero Harvey Milk with a special day of remembrance.
We need to match their calls NOW if we want the bill to be signed.
- Dial 916.445.2841
- Press 1 for English (or 2 for Spanish)
- Press 2
- Press 1 for AB 2567
- Press 1 again to voice support.
AB 2567 would have no fiscal impact to the state and would honor an important figure in the civil rights movement, in the same way that we honor other great leaders with state days of special significance. CALL NOW!
The radical religious right and its minions have rallied and are flooding the Governor’s office with calls urging him to veto the bill. They’re claiming: “More and more, the No [on 8] crowd is using public schools as propaganda engines. The defeat of Proposition 8 will ensure continual indoctrination.”
Propaganda engines? Indoctrination? One wonders what color the sky is in their distorted little world.
Simply put, according to EQCA: “This bill would put California on record as recognizing the social contributions that Harvey Milk made to our nation as a civil rights leader. It would also allow schools to conduct activities that would foster respect for all, and educate students about an important figure who is often omitted from history lessons.”
Read more about Harvey Milk, his life and his contributions at Wikipedia. Then make the call.
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