Comments on: Boycotting “Milk” at Cinemark

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:30:55 +0000

Since this report speaks directly about the movie “MILK” and its relevance to today’s issues, it seems worth remembering Milk’s own feelings with Proposition 6. He felt that, if Prop. 6 was passed, that the gay community would rise up in an angry and perhaps violent offensive that would have been entirely understandable. The unfinished business of Milk’s time is still affecting us today and it this generation’s responsibility to carry it forward.

We are not in the midst of a polite debate. We are not haggling over a trinket in a foreign bazaar. Prop 8 singles out gays. It strips them of rights. It undermines the very foundations of the Constitution of the country – which has no relationship to biblical belief or religious fanaticism. If gays are going to be singled out through the passage of this proposition, then the supporters of it should expect to be targeted themselves. If they are in positions of power, such as CEO of Cinemark, then the foundations of their power ought to be attacked and brought down.

Cinemark is fair game as is the Mormon Church. We are not engaged in a friendly disagreement. These people have mobilized to strip Americans they don’t like or respect of their civil rights. That’s not politics. That is war. Gays have learned how to fight back and we ought to throw our full fury at individuals who funded this fight against us AND their power bases – period.

Civil Rights or Civil War. Gay Rights Now!

By: hailey

hailey — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:39:35 +0000

i will definitely see it! i love james franco
and here in salt lake its playing at a theater owned by the salt lake film society so i’m covered!

By: ...

... — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:18:19 +0000

cinemark shouldn’t benefit from content it publicly condemns. hypocrites.

By: helen

helen — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:51:02 +0000

@JorgeMacD, valid political belief?????????

I really don’t think a yes on prop8 can ever be called political, let alone valid.

By: megan

megan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:05:30 +0000

Gus Van Sant is GOD!

By: JorgeMacD

JorgeMacD — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:02:19 +0000

I wasn’t planning on seeing it anyway, but I wouldn’t try to ruin someone for having a valid political belief.

By: ThatLisa

ThatLisa — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:53:31 +0000

alanna, good call!! I think I will do that too!!

and haha, I guess everyone already yelled at you— but maybe you SHOULD see it, at any movie theatre. maybe you would fucking learn something from it. and FYI, if you start your homophobic poo-pooing during a screening, I hope all the gays and gay lovers like myself throw shit at you.

By: beebeec

beebeec — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:33:58 +0000

Sean Penn couldn’t act his way off a paper plate.

By: mhmm

mhmm — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:54:02 +0000

from now on, i will try my very best to avoid going to ANY of cinemark owned theaters, and i’m going to pass this on to my friends and families. i hope he is sitting in a room, regretting the choice he made.

By: censorthis

censorthis — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:48:03 +0000

re; alanna

‘went down’ at the castro theater?

oh no you didn’t!

By: censorthis

censorthis — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:44:35 +0000

shit, and i thought ‘milk’ was the true story about elsie the magic fucking cow. now my fuckin’ granny is shore nuff’ gonna be pissed when she hears it’s about murderin’ queers. count me and granny in beet, we’ll just fire up the still and get wasted on moonshine and find some first cousins to fuck instead of givin’ this fat cat our hard earned dollars fer sure.

By: Alanna

Alanna — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:18:01 +0000

I’ll be watching Milk at the beautiful Castro Theater in SF, where it all went down in the first place. God, I love it here.