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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.
I've read several "alternate history/future history" books where they have a USN ship (always an aircraft carrier) named after Hillary Clinton. I'd bet that the guys serving aboard such a ship would call her the "Battleaxe."
ReplyDeleteHahahahah! And that's an excuse for the crew to just be asshole mean at the drop of a hat.
DeleteI didn't know about the controversy.
ReplyDeleteDuring Clinton's Don't Ask Don't Tell crap I was in the USN and one of my roommates was gay. Didn't bother me, he mostly kept it to himself. His best friend was super gay, and everyone knew it. Again, nobody cared. They both performed their duties in an exemplary fashion, and I hope neither were harassed by bigot in their next duty stations.
Don't know why I'm posting this; if I had a point I've lost it. :)
A toast to those who served and are no longer with us.