Anti-gay group calls for boycott of Harvey Milk stamp

MSNBC ^ | May 29, 2014 | Emma Margolin

[EveningStar]

Calling slain civil rights hero Harvey Milk a “predator” on its website this week, the fundamentalist Christian group American Family Association (AFA) urged members to refuse any mail postmarked with a recently-released commemorative stamp featuring the late San Francisco supervisor.

“Harvey Milk was a very disreputable man and used his charm and power to prey on young boys with emotional problems and drug addiction,” reads the AFA’s press release. “He is the last person we should be featuring on a stamp.”

[Steve_Seattle]

"What exactly is that supposed to accomplish? That may be the dumbest boycott idea ever."

I agree; it is one thing not to buy the stamps, quite another to refuse to accept mail bearing that stamp. And is not liking the subject of the stamp even a legal reason for refusing to accept the mail? I'm not sure a mailman could legally return a letter with legal postage unless it is delivered to the wrong address or the person has moved with no forwarding address.

[wku man]

If there's a Harvey Milk stamp, there should be a John Rocker stamp...in the name of "fairness", you know.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[omega4412]

Cancel Harvey Milk

[elcid1970]

Some years ago, after 9-11, they issued an “Eid Greetings” muzzie themed stamp. FWIW, Eid al-Fitr is the last day of Ramadan fasting and is a kind of muzzie yuletide.

The postal jerk tried to sell me one. I said “No! I want a flag stamp.”

“But they cost just the same.”

Idiot.......

[Chode]

LOL... good on you

[Gene Eric]

>> slain civil rights hero Harvey Milk

Who killed Milk?

[dfwgator]

A Democrat.

[Gene Eric]

Democrats seem to kill a lot of people, and yet Conservatism and Liberty suffer for it.

[Genoa]

Flag stamp! Flag! With an L!

[Viennacon]

Kids today are taught all about this Milk’s white-wash history, but I doubt any kids know what happened in Jonestown

[Genoa]

These stamps are mostly purchased by practicing philatelists.

[a fool in paradise]

The mayor, the governor, the president’s wife, and others were pals with Jim Jones (D-CA).

[a fool in paradise]

Return to sender - REFUSED.

[Viennacon]

A lot of people have blood on their hands when it comes to that affair, this little scumbag Milk being one of the main examples.

[Moonman62]

The AFA isn’t anti-gay. They have a perfectly legitimate policy.

“We oppose the homosexual movement’s efforts to convince our society that their behavior is normal”

[freeangel]

I think we should buy, and then burn these stamps on post office sidewalks.

[Drew68]

What exactly is that supposed to accomplish? That may be the dumbest boycott idea ever.

It does seem silly. What, are they going to stand by their mailboxes every day waiting for something to arrive with a Harvey Milk stamp on it just so they can refuse to accept it?

I don't think I receive a dozen pieces of mail in a year that have actual stamps on them, if that. Most everything I receive have printed stamps and the small few with adhesive stamps use the generic American flag ones.

[Drew68]

I think we should buy, and then burn these stamps on post office sidewalks.

The Post Office would thank you for buying stamps and not using them.

[EveningStar]

What exactly is that supposed to accomplish? That may be the dumbest boycott idea ever.

Yeah. It's pretty stupid.

[highball]

"What exactly is that supposed to accomplish? That may be the dumbest boycott idea ever."

agree; it is one thing not to buy the stamps, quite another to refuse to accept mail bearing that stamp.

The only thing it'll accomplish is making all conservatives look like unhinged loons, which is of course furthering the gay agenda. Lefties couldn't plan it any better if they tried.