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Harvey Milk to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Victory Fund has learned
President Barack Obama plans to award America's highest civilian honor,
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Harvey Milk, one of the country's
first openly gay elected officials. The award will be
accepted at a White House ceremony August 12 by Stuart Milk, the nephew
of the late San Francisco Supervisor and civil rights activist.
Stuart Milk echoed
Wolfe's praise, saying, "The President's action today touches the core
of our very human hearts and my uncle would be so proud of this high
honor. His election was, for him, a beginning-a chance to make real
change. That change is happening, but we still have so far
to go. I hope this recognition inspires LGBT Americans everywhere
to heed Harvey's call to run for office, to serve openly, to live
proudly with authenticity and to demand the equality that we all
deserve."
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