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Here I was, smug in my ignorance...
I supported renaming the USS Harvey Milk because I'd thought that Milk was just a politician from San Francisco. A politician who was really only noteworthy for being murdered.
It turns out that he was a lieutenant junior grade and was forced to accept an other than honorable discharge in lieu of court martial for being gay.
In the Navy.
I KNOW!
Kidding aside, being gay ain't criminal nor a reason for discharge anymore.
For a lot of people, someone being gay isn't even considered bad.
Maybe there should be a ship named after Milk because of all the prejudice and injustice done to gay people who served. Many did from the closet and did so honorably and the bigots never knew they were there.
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