Remembering Harvey Milk's Passionate Refrain 35 Yrs Ago: “Come out . . . come out . . . come out.”

[kpete]

Today we all have friends, colleagues and relatives who are gay. That’s the way societies change. The moral circle widens. The boundaries of empathy expand. This was the genius of the strategy in Harvey Milk’s passionate refrain on Gay Freedom Day almost 35 years ago: “Come out . . . come out . . . come out.” Despite the pain and risk, Milk knew that once enough gay men and women found the courage to stand up, it would became impossible to sustain bigotry or defend discrimination.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/matt-miller-gay-marriage-is-a-matter-of-class/2013/03/26/60bce1ce-9671-11e2-9e23-09dce87f75a1_story.html