Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – With the upcoming Constitutional Amendment to Limit Marriage, I think we are missing a great opportunity. Everybody is framing this as a risk that voters will “take away marriage” and cause “legal chaos for same-sex couples across the…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I know that you aren’t supposed to be mixing religion and government, but since this whole “Limit on Marriage” thing comes out of a strange interpretation of the bible and a government-sponsored intolerance for religious beliefs, I wish…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – It was 1963 – just 45 years ago today – that Governor George Wallace stood in a campus doorway while attempting to exclude two black students from the University of Alabama. Telling people that they’re too dumb to…Read More »
Tom Rogers, PresidentTiVo Inc.150 East 52nd Street, 15th FloorNew York, NY 10022 June 11, 2008 Dear Mr. Rogers: I wrote to you last week about your partnership with Focus on the Family on the “SuperDad” promotion at http://www.family.org/fathersday. Since I first wrote,…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – People are asking me, and probably still asking you, why the gays can’t just get Domestic Partnered instead of married. As my fiancée and I prepare for our wedding next Tuesday, in terms of personal life milestones, it…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – On this day in 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive the 3,800 miles across the United States from coast to coast, showing the people of the time what was…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Today was the annual Pride parade through West Hollywood. Why weren’t you there? California was celebrating a huge victory: the end of tyranny over the personal lives and individual decisions of their people. 175,000 people turned out including…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I would like to point out a saint in your midst. For 18 years, Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder and State Clerks Association President Stephen Weir has been in charge of the county’s office that hands out marriage licenses,…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – As you know, the California Supreme Court has decided that same-sex marriages will proceed, consistent with its ruling and the State Constitution. In trying to convince the court to postpone the marriages until after a vote in November,…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I voted Tuesday in my last election as a registered Republican. It is sad for me to resign my membership in the Republican party, but the party has strayed too far from a principle that individuals are empowered…Read More »