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FreeState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 09:43 PM
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3. Riots that were the result of his killer getting a very week sentance were 30 years ago yesterday
Edited on Fri May-22-09 10:00 PM by FreeState
At midnight the fighting stopped and everyone sang happy Birthday. That is the power of love.

Let's hope next Tuesday will be riot free!

http://thecastro.net/milk/leland.html

"If it could ever be said that Camp collided with near fatal violence, it happened the moment some, standing in front of what was then Star Pharmacy, realized it was after midnight and, therefore, technically, Harvey Milk's birthday, a celebration of which had been promoted in the previous week's gay papers. Hopefully Singer (in the new movie "The Mayor of Castro street") will dramatize that priceless instant when they suddenly began to sing, "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Harvey. Happy birthday, to you!" while shaking their fists at the police, blood running down their faces...."
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