Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – During the election, then-candidate Barack Obama said about the gays, “it is wrong to hold up a line from Leviticus [condemning gays] while forgetting the whole point of the Sermon on the Mount [where Jesus teaches you to…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – After Tuesday’s press conference I had a coffee with one of the national reporters who covered the event, off camera and off record. Covering this has been challenging for him because he has seen how hurtful Prop 8…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – The New York State Assembly voted on a same-sex marriage bill in 2007 and again in 2009. There were five Members who voted no in 2007 but yes in 2009. What motivated these five people to change their…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 – Since the United States Post Office announced a rate increase on first class postage, I took a quick look through the stamps that I’ve been using to write to you. There’s a Gerald R. Ford stamp symbolizing the…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Equality California and the Let California Ring campaign are collecting signatures on an open letter asking you to address the California Supreme Court during oral arguments on the constitutionality of gay marriage this Spring. As a defendant in…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I have written to you before about the rift over homosexuals in the Episcopal Church, but now it seems as though the Presbyterians are headed towards similar turmoil. Lisa Larges is a deacon in San Francisco who is…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Yesterday you told the Los Angeles Times “I have learned a lot of things where I felt one way before I went into office, and all of a sudden you learn things are not quite this way and…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – All the news yesterday was your reversal of your position on term limits. Thank you for hearing both sides of that issue and making a stand for what you believe is right and expedient for all Californians. Now,…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – As Governor of California, could you make an exception to the law so that my fiancée and I can get married? We are both outstanding citizens, we have lived together for ten years, and in California for more…Read More »