Like halftime at the Super Bowl, acceptance speeches at the Oscars are a good way to measure the cultural barometer of America. While the song and dance that divides the biggest football game of the year is a mirror of stasis, however, the Oscar speeches often reflect change.
Dustin Lance Black, who won the Academy Award for best screenwriter for the film "Milk," spoke from his heart last week. The film is the story of Harvey Milk, San Francisco's gay and assassinated mayor. Black told how Milk's life inspired him as a gay teenager, and he assured gay teenagers that "very soon I promise you, you will have equal rights federally across this great nation of ours." …
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