Quick Note: Harvey Milk Stamp Brings Out Conservative Pettiness

On May 22, the U.S. Postal Service released a new stamp.  It honors Harvey Milk, the openly gay San Francisco politician who was assassinated on November 27, 1978, one year after winning a seat on that city's Board of Supervisors.

Anti-gay groups are all in a dither over this attack on American morality.  The American Family Association went so far as to tell its members to "refuse to accept the Harvey Milk stamp if offered by your local post office," and to "refuse to accept mail at your home or business if it is postmarked with the Harvey Milk stamp.  Simply write 'Return to Sender' on the envelope and tell your postman you won't accept it."

Can we say "petty", boys and girls?  

I can't help but wonder what would happen if someone were to mail a contribution to the AFA, clearly indicate on the envelope that a check is enclosed, but use a Harvey Milk stamp for postage.  Which would win, avarice or principle?  

I am tempted to send them a $1.00 check in a signature-required envelope using Harvey Milk stamps so I can track their response.  Hmmm.  A project for next week!

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins used the stamp to attack the Obama administration, (never turn your back on an opportunity to attack the President!).  He somehow managed to link the stamp to the imprisonment of the Sudanese mother who is facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity.

Don't ask me to explain the connection, I don't get it either.

In a final case of adding insult to perceived injury, the Post Office has designated the Harvey Milk stamp a "forever" stamp, meaning it can be used as first-class postage indefinitely, so it will be available to annoy those (so-called Christian) purveyors of hate for quite some time. 

Sometimes it's the small things that make life worth living.