CBS Offers Tribute to Harvey Milk: 'A Rebel With A Cause'
Newsbusters • Dec 2, 2008On CBS's Sunday Morning, host Charles Osgood teased a story on politician Harvey Milk, who was the first gay man elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977: "The story of a rebel with a cause is being retold in the form of a just-released motion picture. And as it happens, the timing could hardly be more appropriate." The movie, starring left-wing actor Sean Penn, is set to come out just after the 30th anniversary of Milk's murder, as correspondent John Blackstone explained: "He became the first openly gay man elected to office in the United States. A breakthrough… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Gay Marriage
- Election
