I watched the Oscars about a week ago. It was during the acceptance speech of Milk screenplay writer Dustin Lance Black that i heard the following excerpt:
. . . to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they "are less than" by their churches, by the government, or by their families: That you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value. And that, no matter what anyone else tells you, God does love you . . .
I do not think that i have heard something that is so blatantly true in a long time. By blatantly true i mean that it is not garnished with BS or cliches. The truth in his statement just is. And the part i loved was that through his emotion and mannerisms you could tell that Black actually meant and believed this statement. It didn't just sound nice. To him, it is how the world works. God i hope so.
So now I park my car down by the cathedral,
where the floodlights point up at the steeples.
Choir practice was filling up with people.
I hear the sound escaping as an echo.
Sloping off the ceiling at an angle.
When the voices blend they sound like angels.
I hope there’s some room still in the middle.
But when I lift my voice up now to reach them.
The range is too high,
way up in heaven.
So I hold my tongue,
forget the song,
tie my shoe
start walking off.
And try to just keep moving on,
with my broken heart
and my absent God
and I have no faith
but it's all I want,
to be loved.
And believe,
in my soul.
-Bright Eyes, Waste of Paint
Hit the link below to watch the full speech -
Acceptance Speech
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