Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision about the validity of Proposition 8 made my blood boil. Instead of having just one set of laws governing Californians, we now have three: one for heterosexual marriage, another for gay marriages performed during…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Happy Memorial Day, Governor. I hope you get a chance to go to the park with your family. It’s funny – we go to the same schools and parks as our neighbors, we vote in the same elections,…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I’m curious to know why opposite-sex couples cannot get Domestic Partnerships in California until one or both is over age 62? It seems to me that Family Code section 297 (b) (B) …” persons of opposite sexes may…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – A Field Poll of 1,052 registered California voters asked “Do you approve or disapprove of California allowing homosexuals to marry members of their own sex?” and for the first time since 1977 – when California’s law was changed…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I was astonished to learn that even the opponents of equality believe “domestic partnership” and marriage are in fact the same things. Kentucky State Senator Vernie McGaha introduced legislation that would bar state agencies and schools from providing…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – At last night’s Academy Awards, the Best Short Documentary went to a film called “Freeheld” about the struggle that a New Jersey police Lieutenant faced as she tried to include her partner in her pension while she also…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I believe it is part of our Governor’s job is to see what happens in other states so the best can be brought to California and the worst left where it is. Kentucky has turned out to be…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Opponents of Equality say that gay couples are less perfect than straight couples, therefore they should be banned from marriage. Another nail has been placed in the coffin of that argument: a new study published in the Journal…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Tomorrow Oregon was set to allow same-sex couples to enter into a better-than-nothing civil union structure like California, New Hampshire, Vermont and some other states. More than 500 couples planned to take their vows on New Year’s Day.…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I like you because you’re a non-nonsense kind of guy. You drive a hummer and smoke cigars regardless of what people say. And just as effectively as you enjoy your own freedoms, you usually defend those of Californians.…Read More »