A scene from Philadelphia 1993
Joe Miller Denzel Washington

Your Honor, everybody in this courtroom is thinking about sexual orientation, sexual preference, whatever you want to call it. Who does what to whom and how they do it. They're looking at Andrew Beckett. They're thinking about it. They're looking at Mr. Wheeler, Miss Conine, even you, Your Honor. They're wondering about it. Trust me, I know they're looking at me and thinking about it. So let's get it out in the open. Let's get it out of the closet. Because this case is not just about AIDS, is it? So let's talk about what this case is really all about the general public's hatred, our loathing, our fear of homosexuals and how that climate of hatred and fear translated into the firing of this particular homosexual, my client, Andrew Beckett.

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