As Sean Penn walked away with the Best Actor Oscar at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, he took the opportunity to throw stones at supporters of Proposition 8.
“I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage,” Penn said, “to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren’s eyes if they continue that way of support.”
In November, Californians approved Prop. 8, to amend their state constitution to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman.
Focus on the Family research analyst Caleb Price said Penn took a page from the gay-activist playbook “After the Ball,” which was written in the late '80s.
"It's all about making people feel shame for not thinking, feeling or acting like one of the pack," Price said. "And this is exactly what Sean Penn did in his Oscar acceptance speech."
"Milk," starring Penn, was nominated for eight Academy Awards; it won two.
The California Supreme Court will consider a legal challenge to Prop. 8 in March.
— Steve Jordahl
