MILK!!
Sean Penn won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office. In his speech, Penn gave a heartfelt shout-out to marriage equality and called the passage of Proposition 8 shameful.
Milk also won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
We loved this film, and we are so happy that it won two awards. Hopefully more people will see it.
In a post-Oscars press interview, Penn spoke out against anti-gay protesters who had been camped outside the ceremony all day. He said that these people need to "turn in their hate cards" and focus on making the world a better place.
Penn also said that he hopes President Obama's stance on gay marriage is simply a political tactic and that Obama truly believes in equal rights for all people.
Despite discouraging setbacks like the passage of Proposition 8, Penn feels like everyday our country is moving closer and closer to marriage equality. "The day's gonnna come and it's gonna come quickly," Penn said.
In his acceptance speech for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black said:
"When I was 13 years old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas to California and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life, it gave me the hope to one day live my life openly as who I am and that maybe even I could fall in love and one day get married."
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