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re: Navy to Name Ship After Gay Rights Activist Harvey Milk
Posted on 7/28/16 at 9:13 pm to DonChowder
Posted on 7/28/16 at 9:13 pm to DonChowder
Harvey Milk was a good guy and did a lot for the gay community in SF. But I don't understand why he's getting a ship named after him.
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Posted on 7/28/16 at 9:18 pm to White Roach
Mabus has said the John Lewis-class – named after civil rights activist and congressman Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) – would be named after civil rights leaders.
Other names in the class include former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren whose court ruled to desegregate U.S. schools, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, women’s right activist Lucy Stone and abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth.
Mabus has also named ships in the past for other civil rights icons, including the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) and USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14).
Milk came from a Navy family and commissioned in the service in 1951. He served as a diving officer in San Diego during the Korean War on the submarine rescue ship Kittiwake until 1955. Milk was honorably discharged from the service as a lieutenant junior grade.
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Annnnd this is why I should read the article before I run my mouth! Upon further review, I'm okay with Milk having a ship named after him.
Other names in the class include former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren whose court ruled to desegregate U.S. schools, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, women’s right activist Lucy Stone and abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth.
Mabus has also named ships in the past for other civil rights icons, including the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) and USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14).
Milk came from a Navy family and commissioned in the service in 1951. He served as a diving officer in San Diego during the Korean War on the submarine rescue ship Kittiwake until 1955. Milk was honorably discharged from the service as a lieutenant junior grade.
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Annnnd this is why I should read the article before I run my mouth! Upon further review, I'm okay with Milk having a ship named after him.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 9:25 pm to White Roach
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Harvey Milk was a good guy and did a lot for the gay community in SF. But I don't understand why he's getting a ship named after him
Imagine not being able to marry the person you love. Imagine having to hide your love for another person. Imagine being ridiculed for your love for someone.
Then, imagine being shot to death at work by a deranged political rival.
Milk lost his life trying to do good for his peers. He supported business owners that tried to enrich the place in which he lived.
frick Darth Vader for trying to minimalize him.
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 11:02 pm to White Roach
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Harvey Milk was a good guy
Disagree. He had an underage boyfriend when he was in his 30s. That should disqualify him from any honors.
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