The California state assembly has passed legislation establishing a "Harvey Milk Day." Milk, an obscure city supervisor who served less than a year in elective office, sullied his reputation by unwittingly aiding and abetting Jim Jones in his mass murders. But his supporters, fueled by the recent biopic featuring Sean Penn in the leading role, whitewash all that to transform Milk into a Martin Luther King for homosexuals. The bill awaits Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto or signature. My work has made its way into the debate, with many of the proposed holiday's detractors citing my "Drinking Harvey Milk's Kool-Aid" article. The group Save California, Christian conservatives leading the fight against a state holiday honoring Milk, conducted an interview with me on the idea of a Harvey Milk Day that, a month-and-a-half after it originally aired, is listed on its site as its #1 downloaded podcast. Hear here. I don't write with the expectation that my articles will influence public policy. But it's gratifying when they do.