1.0 link 215383 <![CDATA[Here's to the Violets: My Thoughts on Gay Rights (Video)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-clarkson/heres-to-the-violets-my-t_b_215383.html Here's the text of a speech I wrote with my friend Ron Marasco for the Human Rights Campaign's recent gala in New Orleans. The clip of it is below. Enjoy!

I am so happy to be with all of you tonight. To celebrate the work you do--and to have a bourbon or two later.

The great Tennessee Williams wrote---

--of course I'm starting with Tennessee Williams. I'm in New Orleans, at the HRC gala, and I played Blanche DuBois.

Which...

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