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Monday, February 23, 2009

Homo / Celeb You Gotta Give 'Em Hope

Posted by on Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:57 AM

And Dustin Lance Black did just that during his acceptance speech last night...

A little heavy on the God talk for my tastes, but very, very moving nevertheless. Black won the Academy Award for his screenplay for Milk.

 

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1
I thought it was as close to the perfect acceptance speech as I'd ever heard.
Posted by el ganador on February 23, 2009 at 9:03 AM
2
Huh? People still care about award shows?
Posted by celebrities on pedestals=abomination on February 23, 2009 at 9:25 AM
3
all you gays are wonderful, beautiful creatures and god loves you.


sorry some are creepy, some are ugly and if there is a god she may or not love them.

to all you gays out there, you are just like the rest of us.
Posted by flame away on February 23, 2009 at 9:28 AM
4
This speech was lovely. The first few speeches were quite nice.

Oh, @3. His point was to let those kids who are told they're not good by their parents, churches, and governments know that they are just as valuable as everyone else. Nothing more, nothing less.

Cheers.
Posted by Balt-O-Matt on February 23, 2009 at 9:32 AM
5
@2,3

I hope you can find something human to hold on to in all that darkness.
Posted by Mike on February 23, 2009 at 9:32 AM
6
He was so eloquent when speaking to those kids. It was one of the best moments of the night.
Posted by Original Monique on February 23, 2009 at 9:36 AM
7
Another beautiful gay Morman. I feel like Gay Mormons are the poster boys for Religous Rejection.
Posted by clearlyhere on February 23, 2009 at 9:36 AM
8
The importance of a speech like that viewed by tens of millions of people should not be over estimated. Sometimes all that it takes is one positive statement to validate some lesbain or gay young person who may have nerver received validation. If this speech can enable even a few to challenge homophobic messages from parents or churches then it was well worth the effort.
Posted by Heather on February 23, 2009 at 9:52 AM
9
i grew up in mississippi and tennessee, and can speak first hand about the way that a religious upbringing, even if you're not religious yourself, can dramatically impede one's ability to own up to things like homosexuality.

religions operate on fear. eventually, you realize that. but being reassured that "god does love you for who you are" is not something that happens often in these environments when what you are is not what they tell you to be.

The gay movement has for good reasons severed ties with organized religion, which is why god-heavy statements like this seem so jarring. But for kids who are raised in religious environments, that message is a tremendously important one to hear. For that, I thought this was particularly moving.
Posted by notshowalter on February 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM
10
I agree, it was a beautiful and heartfelt speech. We all have value.
Posted by kim in portland (formerly just kim) on February 23, 2009 at 9:58 AM
11
The people of San Francisco's Castro Street gave us Harvey Milk.
Posted by Vince on February 23, 2009 at 10:42 AM
12
#3 -

** to all you gays out there, you are just like the rest of us. **

Ultimately, that's the message we want to get out there!

If God loves any one of us (the collectively human 'us'), then he loves us all.

I'd like to hope for even more - that God loves all his (or her) creation.

I didn't watch the AA; figured what I wanted to see would make it to youtube. This fantastic acceptance speech was one of those moments.
Posted by Ayden/VA on February 23, 2009 at 12:23 PM
13
Jack Mormons 1, Utah 0.
Posted by Andy Niable on February 23, 2009 at 1:06 PM
14
Heavy on the God talk? All I heard was "God loves you". One sentence out of many. Don't be so God-paranoid. God ain't the problem...it's her interpretors who muck it up.
Posted by ChristianCockSucker on February 23, 2009 at 3:09 PM
15
Spoiled brat spreading lies...read what the Bible truly says.
Posted by Thou Shall Not Lie Dustin Black on February 23, 2009 at 4:25 PM
16
@9, my thoughts exactly!

@15, judge not lest ye be judged? motes/planks? blessed are the peacemakers?
Posted by the artist formerly known as emily on February 23, 2009 at 8:58 PM
17
Huh, I must have been asleep in the pew. What religion hates gays?
Posted by Dannyboy on March 10, 2009 at 3:55 PM

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