"MILK" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay at the 81st Annual Academy Awards. "MILK" tells the story of Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected official. During his acceptance speech, he promised that one day America's gay and lesbian communities would enjoy "equal rights, federally across this great nation of ours." Black was wearing a White Knot for marriage equality.
Later, Sean Penn thanked the "commie, homo-loving sons of guns" who awarded him the Best Actor Oscar for his work in "MILK." He also promised that those who supported Proposition 8 would one day feel a "great shame" for voting against equal rights for everyone. Anti-gay protestors picked in the streets of Hollywood before and during the Academy Awards ceremonies. Backstage, when asked what he would tell those protesters if he could speak to them, Penn responded: "I'd tell them to turn in their hate card and find their better self."
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