Wow! Have you ever had the feeling that you'd better remember something while it's happening — because it's going to be really important when you try to recall it later?
We cats have that thought about today's unveiling of the US Postal Service's Harvey Milk stamp — on Harvey's 84th birthday, no less. Not because we can easily imagine Harvey at 84, but because we think he would be tickled, um, pink at the strides gay rights have made in the last few years.
One thing that delights us about being American is that unlikely heroes like Harvey Milk, Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez — and, hell, even Elvis Presley — can be commemorated on stamps. We hope that snail-mail never dies so that this fine tradition can continue.
In the meantime, let's salute Harvey Milk for blazing the trail. It's a cause for which he ultimately gave his life — but in the end, he helped make America oh, so much better a country. We cats PURR.
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