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OutMilitary.com Blog: *NEWS* Board Endorses Effort Name Navy Ship After Gay-Rights Icon Published by: Shaun Knittel on 23rd May 2012 | View all blogs by Shaun Knittel The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 9 – 2 in favor of a resolution putting the City on record in supporting the christening of a U.S.

Navy Ship, the USS Harvey Milk, Tuesday.

The effort was spearheaded by San Diego Democratic Rep.

Bob Filner.

Milk was a naval officer stationed in San Diego in the early 1950s.

Though he was a critic of the Vietnam War, his family says he was proud of his military service.

There was division among supervisors here over whether it was a fitting honor.

Milk is one of the world’s most iconic gay-rights advocates and among the first openly gay elected officeholders.

He was elected a San Francisco supervisor in 1977 and assassinated a year later.

Milk also was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War.

Supervisor Scott Wiener, who introduced the resolution, called it a “great honor” and said Milk was proud of his military service.

“Harvey Milk’s family supports doing this,” Wiener said.

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