what activities are going to happen? and force on children? give me a break

Good for Arnold.  I know that you hate equal rights for everyone, pax, but fortunately people who hold opinions like yours are rapidly becoming the minority.  And it's no wonder that the Catholic church is losing membership.  Its myopic views and hypocrisy are too much for normal people to take.

I know that you hate equal rights for everyone, pax, but fortunately people who hold opinions like yours are rapidly becoming the minority. <- Fixed that for you.    I'm not sure if I want a Harvey Milk day, tho. Sooner or later it will become another paid holiday for gubment employees only.

+This is horrible!  My marriage is not going to mean as much because the government puts my relationship on par with homosexuals that want to commit themselves to each other. I guess I'll have to pray extra hard and hope God finds favor in my marriage.+

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Milk Day is in the same California state "day of recognition" category as "Welcome Home Veterans Day" and "John Muir Day". It won't ever be a paid holiday because of that precise categorization and, believe me, gays and lesbians aren't any different than the rest of the state when it comes to these official "day of recognition" things. Harvey Milk is a praiseworthy figure to gays but he's no gay M.L. King to us.

Tragic?  Hardly.  It is what you make of it.  Nobody else's marriage has anything to do with mine.  Harvey Milk Day?  So what.  Everybody gets a day now.  Don't all of the American Idol's have "days" somewhere? 

+But what about the sanctity of my marriage? Doesn't it have to be sanctified in the eyes of the law just as it is in the eyes of God?+

If it's not in the state standards, it won't likely get a mention in the classroom, much less have any activities associated with it or be crammed down pupils throats. Most teachers are too busy with state-mandated standards content and worried about the excessive but mandated and high-stakes testing of students.

Interesting that a Harvey Milk Day was disapproved by 69% of the respondents in a poll: http://johnmalloysdb.blogsp... Does that make them all haters, too, Swallowthatgum? The good priest also pointed out Milk's link to the Jim Jones' cult, something I wasn't aware of. Now I can see how the folks who are all gung-ho about having this holiday are trying to get us to drink the Kool-Aid with them.

Harvey Bernard Milk! Mmm, mmm, mmm! Certainly we won't be hearing any of that kind of singing in our schools, will we?

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In the poll you referenced, pax, whites are over-represented as a proportion of the California population by 8%. Hispanics are under-represented by 9%. Democrats are under-represented by 3%.

Interestingly, in fact, is the observation that most Californians support same-sex marriages (49% to 44% who oppose), and the only group for which support for Gay marriage is dropping is among Republicans, who supported it at 30% of their numbers in the 1970s, and have dropped to 23% today. 

http://www3.signonsandiego....

But I'll bet you don't believe in polls, nor the science that produces them.

We don't know why the governor suddenly changed his mind.....

Could be part of a deal get other legislation pushed through. Maybe he simply wants to some gay issues resolved to help a dead-locked assembly to move on to some important matters. The marriage recogniton bill would probably have been upheld in the courts, anyway. In any case, I think Harvey Day is as inconsequential as it is stupid. But if it lets some homos gaggle and celebrate a dead man nobody cares about, who cares?

Gay issues are largely about social issues. Referring to them as "pro-homosexual" is like calling civil rights "pro-Negro" or gender equality as "pro-woman" or separation of church and state as "pro-athiest."  As time goes by I think most people will view social change as "pro-people," as institutions that would exclude  segments of our population erode. 

Maybe deep down inside...he finally wants to do the right thing for ALL Californians--and set politics's aside for once....it's an issue that's not going to go away anytime soon....

Just may be a stepping stone for any future office---it's called winning votes among the gay communities

You guys said it best.  All I can add is, personally, I couldn't give a crap about Harvey Milk day.  Or a cesar Chavez day or an armand assanti day.  It doesn't mean anything.  no one is going to celebrate it.  It's like columbus day.  Does anyone care anymore?  Not I. So just because they made a harvey milk day doesn't have anything to do with the family.  And the fact that you buy in to their propaganda is sad.  I thought you would have more intelligence. They're using scare tactics.  But... if you can't see that... Ignorance is bliss I suppose.