Milk Page #10

Moral and immoral.

Black skin and white

in the police department.

Dan, even Ronald Reagan

is opposed to Proposition 6.

You're looking more

and more out of touch.

Okay, if I come out against Prop 6,

it's only going to be for the invasion

of state's rights issue,

that's it.

And the potential witch hunt

against you straight people.

You can't humiliate

me, okay?

You will not demean me.

Harvey, we're doing the final vote.

We need to get you back.

Jack?

Jack?

Jack?

Oh!

No, Jack. Jack, no!

No, no, no. Jack, no.

Jack!

No, no, no, no!

Oh, no!

Harvey,

look at me.

Hey, look at me.

You did everything

that you could.

No, I didn't.

What more could

you have done?

I could have come back

at 6:
00 instead of 6:15.

Shh.

Jack was gone.

I didn't have any time to mourn.

There was no choice.

I had to keep on...

Keep on fighting.

Most California political leaders,

from Governor Jerry Brown to

former Governor Ronald Reagan,

say there are already enough

laws on the books to protect children.

If you allow one,

just one human being

to be allowed to have his

rights taken away from him,

as a human being

then, pal,

you don't have any right when they

come to take away your rights!

You do what you want in

the privacy of your own home.

But don't tell me I got

to accept it in mine.

San Bernadino is coming in.

Not good.

Of course not.

How not good?

60% for Briggs.

Same in Fresno.

Oh, dear God,

Lotus Blossom.

Imperial is

69% for so far.

Put it on the board.

I love homosexuals,

if you can believe that.

I love them enough

to tell them the truth.

I think that if it were passed, it would

be just what some people would need

to conduct a very

severe witch hunt.

What I ask, everybody to

vote against Proposition 6.

The whole world is watching. This is

San Francisco we're losing. You ready?

I can have 15,000

people here in an hour,

but there's gonna be

riots if this thing passes.

There goddamn

well better be.

What are you telling me?

I can't say this because

I'm a public official,

but if this thing passes,

fight the hell back.

It was fundamentalist

Christians who helped Briggs

gather most of the signatures to

put Proposition 6 on today's ballot.

The Christian community

had never been involved

in any political

controversial issue.

And they're not only

involved, but they're committed.

They've not only been working very hard, but

they're going to come out and vote today.

" Thou shalt love thy

neighbor as thyself. "

And I would like to know

how you, Senator Briggs,

believe that Proposition 6 will help

children learn how to accept people

who are different

from themselves.

Harvey,

Don Amador from LA.

Not a good time, Don.

No, sir, this is Paul.

Don just gave me the phone.

Paul who?

You spoke to me on the

phone a year or so ago.

I'm in a wheelchair.

I'm from Minnesota.

I thought you were

a goner, Paul.

When I saw that you

won the supervisor seat,

I got a friend to

put me on a bus to LA.

Who do you know

in Los Angeles?

Nobody.

That's the...

I just didn't

want to die anymore.

I met your friend Don

down here.

I turned 18 and I

voted today against Prop 6.

I don't think I'd be alive

right now if it weren't for you.

No, you did that all

by yourself, Paul.

Don wanted me to congratulate

you on what he says

looks like a big win for us tonight.

Congratulations, Mr. Milk.

Yeah, I know,

it's incredible.

All the precincts have reported

we've won 65% in LA County.

It's huge, Harvey.

I got to go, Don.

We just took LA County by 65%.

Put it up! Put it up!

Okay, okay.

What, Jim? Jim, what?

- Okay, okay!

The polls were way off.

Briggs is going down by 2 to 1.

The only place it's going to pass in

San Francisco is Dan White's district.

Somebody, cover up

Lady Liberty!

The cameras are

on the way here.

Tonight, it's become clear

to everyone out there

that they do know one of us,

and now that they do,

they can see that

we're not sick.

They can feel that

we are not wrong.

And they know that there must

be, that there should be a place

for us in this great

country, in this world.

A message of hope has been

sent to all those young people,

to all of those who've been

afraid by this wave of hate,

to all of those who have lost

their homes, lost their hometowns.

Tonight, we are clear that

there is a place for us!

My brothers and sisters,

we can come home again!

Oh, good morning, Dan.

Morning, Harvey,

I just resigned.

Congratulations. I'm sure you'll

be the next President of the Board.

Hey, Dan.

Just got word.

Can we talk to you for a minute?

Yeah, sure.

The association

meeting room.

Well, now it starts all over

again, because this morning,

former Supervisor Dan White says he wants

to be called supervisor one more time.

He gets dragged into this closed

door meeting at Police Association.

Suddenly

he wants his job back.

I mean, who knows what they

might have said to him in there.

Or what they may

have promised him.

Or worse yet, if they

had threatened him.

A man has the right to change

his mind. Give me some peace.

Dan White has been the vote on the

board that has stood in our way.

The vote.

- I get it, Harvey.

I've been lobbied all week.

Enough.

Let me remind you of something,

you're up for re-election.

If you reappoint Dan White, you will

lose the gay vote. They listen to me.

You will not be

elected dog catcher.

I'll make

my decision on Monday.

You know who you

sounded like just now?

Boss

Tweed or Mayor Daly.

I like that.

A homosexual with power.

That's scary.

Hello.

Yes, hold on, please.

Thank you.

Yes, this is Dan White.

Hi, Mr. White, this is

Barbara Taylor from KCBS.

Mmm-hmm.

I'm interested

in your reaction.

I've received information

from the mayor's office

that you're not

getting your job back.

I'm sorry, I don't know

anything about that.

Hello?

Did I wake you?

Harvey?

Are you all right?

I went to the opera tonight.

Guess who I went with.

Who?

Bidu Sayao herself.

She was my first Puccini.

The crowd went wild.

I felt like I was young

again, being at my first opera.

Maybe you should tell me the

next time you go to the opera.

Really?

Yeah. I'd go with you.

I'd like that.

Look outside,

the sun's coming up.

Okay, hang on.

Hey, wait a minute.

My aide was supposed

to come down here

and let me in the side door,

but she never showed up.

And you are?

- I'm Dan White, City Supervisor.

Harvey,

I want you to know

that I am proud of you.

I don't wanna miss this.

Miss what?

This.

Is he here? Can I see

the mayor for a moment?

Just a minute,

I'll see if he's available.

Sir, Dan White

is here to see you.

So, who are they

gonna replace Dan with?

That goddamn lefty

liberal, Don Horanzy?

That'll really

shake up the board.

All I know is that we're

getting a new supervisor today.

If Dan shows up,

just avoid him.

We don't need a scene

today, do we, Harvey?

God forbid, Dianne.

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