Purely by accident Cal Catholic editors found a link earlier this week to previously lost website that included all stories from July, 2007 through December, 2012.
Click here to get list of stories.
Here is a sample story published: October 2, 2008
No Harvey Milk Day
Governor vetoes bill naming homosexual activist’s birthday as ‘day of special significance’
There will be no Harvey Milk Day in California. On Sept. 30, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill designating May 22 of each year as Harvey Milk Day – the birthday of the San Francisco homosexual-rights hero.
The bill, AB 2567, by Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would have designated Harvey Milk Day as “a day of special significance,” and required the governor to proclaim Harvey Milk Day on May 22 every year. In addition, it would have “encouraged” public schools and educational institutions to observe Harvey Milk Day by conducting “exercises remembering and recognizing the life of Harvey Milk.”
In 1977, Milk became the first openly homosexual man elected to an important political office in the U.S. when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated the following year by fellow Supervisor Dan White.
“Perhaps more than any other modern figure, Harvey Milk’s life and political career embody the rise of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement,” said Leno in a legislative analyst’s review of the bill. “He was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in a major city, serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1977-1978. 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.”
Here is the text of Schwarzenegger’s veto message in its entirety: “To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 2567 without my signature. I respect the author’s intent to designate May 22nd as ‘Harvey Milk Day’ and a day of special significance for California public schools and educational institutions to honor Harvey Milk as an important community leader and public official in the city and county of San Francisco. However, I believe his contributions should continue to be recognized at the local level by those who were most impacted by his contributions. For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill.”
READER COMMENTS
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:05 AM By Miguel
Glad to see the governor has maybe one slice of common sense left after capitulating to the socialist ideals of this disturbing state. The fact that anyone would propose a day for this man is troubling. The fact that there are so many American heros that children have no idea about is sad. The have no concept about General Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, Sgt. York, along with countless heros of World Wars II, Korea, Viet’nam, Mogudishu and Iraq. They also are trying to suppress Sept. 11th like it never occurred. Because they think America deserved it. This is the state we live in, a disgusting resemblance of what it once was. I don’t even recognize it any more. People also need to realize how active Satan was in the sixties.
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:11 AM By tom Byrne
When will our bishops plan for the day when genuinely Catholic and other Christian citizens will be unable to get teaching credentials because they must in conscience refuse to demonstrate “gay is OK” attitudes or refuse to demonstrate gay-friendly lesson plans as part of the student teaching process? That’s where this is headed. Julian lives.
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:24 AM By GuardianAngels
Same-sex attraction is a disorder and engaging in same-sex sexual acts is intrinsically evil. No thoughtful society should promote such behavior; it will inevitably lead to personal and social chaos. God bless those who struggle with this attraction, perhaps someday soon its causes will be better understood. We need to continue to protect and support marriage between a man and a woman. Yes on California’s Proposition 8.
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:28 AM By Margie
No use crying over ‘Spilled Milk’. And as a CA teacher, I am very glad this boondoggle did not pass.
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:34 AM By BobM
Telephoned objections must have been overwhelming. Good job, folks. Too bad we don’t have a telephone number to call that will as effectively fix the Nation’s economic problem. The Wall Street bailout (… c’mon, now … of course it is) pushes us one step closer to the USA becoming the USSR (Untied States Socialist Republic). Need to pray harder, I guess?
Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:42 AM By Vincent
In other words, his contributions, if any, were as mayor of San Francisco, rather than as a proponent of sodomy who was able to get elected to a political office. Fair enough.
fabulous gift from heaven this discovery
How is it from heaven?
Archives Matter.
Please protect this archive and keep it available.
We have this website 2007-2012 and paper copies of San Diego News Notes, L.A. Mission, San Francisco Faith, and La Cruz de California going back to the beginning in the 1990s. Will try to get these papers scanned and available online.
So how do we get to the archives?
Click here to get list of stories.
Click on story to open up. Comments included. Some of current commenters were active back then.
Will there be a way to access it in a few weeks or months when this page will be hard to find in the back stories?
Yes, there will be a link in the footer (bottom) of the Cal Catholic homepage.
Thank you.
The link is there now – scroll to bottom of page; look for the word “Archive” on right-had side of page.
Thank you.
If I may say: looking at the archives, in actuality “many” of the commenters who were active then when I started commenting here (over 10 years ago) are no longer active now. I no longer see their “names” (such as “John F. Maguire” whose comments I particularly enjoyed back then), Or perhaps their “names” have morphed into different “names.”
As I had noted before, the “names” of people here seem to change every three years. Though the “names” may change, remarkably the same attitude of dissent and disobedience remains constant through the years. So, in the long-run, nothing has really changed.
Ah, how naive people were in 2008 to think that a conservative victory had been won because there would be no Harvey Milk Day. Look at the craziness in California today. Look at who’s teaching in public schools. Look at the content of curricula. Look at the laws shoving gayness and transgenderism down everyone’s throat that didn’t exist in 2008. Look at how males are permitted in women’s locker rooms and lavatories. California doesn’t have a Harvey Milk Day, but things are much, much worse in the state than they were in 2008.