LOS ANGELES -- When more than 100 Walt Disney Co. workers walked out of their Burbank offices to protest the companies lackluster opposition to Florida's unforgivable "don't say gay," law this week, it seemed like a heartening example of California rising to its reputation as a beacon of inclusivity and action.
And it was.
But "California is not all rainbows and sunshine, especially for marginalized people," Judah Joslyn told me over coffee this week, as a homeless man outside the café door yelled about God's wrath for those who don't follow a particular interpretation of the Bible. That's got to be a metaphor for something, though nothing good. Joslyn's point is that hate isn't a place, and doesn't respect geographic boundaries.
