Now that California Governor Schwarzenegger has signed legislation for an official Harvey Milk Day in California, I am proposing curriculum for use in public schools.
Here is the text that should be taught to the students on Harvey Milk Day:
Harvey Milk was a heterosexual who stressed the importance of distinguishing marriage from other kinds of voluntary relationships. He advocated that every child should have both a mother and a father, married to each other and treating each other with respect, and looking after the needs of their own children. He noted the problems that happen when people do not adhere to these ideals. He spoke often about how marriage was universally understood to unite the sexes. He also noted that heterosexual coitus is how all of us got here, while homosexual sodomy does not likewise contribute to society.
Some people will object to this, because they want to impose their narrow, outdated, bigoted view of Harvey Milk on everyone. Sure, historically, depictions of Harvey Milk have not been inclusive of this understanding of him, but that is only because of discrimination. Past depictions of African-Americans have been wrong and have been corrected, so that means that opposing my updated depiction of Harvey Milk is just like racism. We should have equality. After all, the meaning of Harvey Milk is not the same to everyone.
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