Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – What should we do in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8? You may recall that this amendment to our Constitution says that same-sex couples cannot get married in California. It does not say heterosexual…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Maine Governor John Baldacci signed a bill yesterday ending the state’s special exclusion of same-sex couples from their society and economy, stating simply: I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I’ve written to you before about the struggle I’ve been having with explaining the special ban on same-sex marriages to my kids, and especially how the Opponents of Equality come to California to throw money, time and mindshare…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – As a foreign-born citizen, I’m sure you take an interest with how people come to this country. On Friday, U.S. Marine Cpl. Mario Ramos-Villalta who earned a Purple Heart during one of his two tours serving with the…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Just to be clear, polygamist men are allowed to marry and file joint taxes, although only with one wife at a time. Right? Why do polygamists have more rights than I do as a committed man in a…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 – As a conservative Christian gay Republican dad, I would love Mike Huckabee to be the Republican nominee for President. In fact, on Super Tuesday, he’s going to get my vote. Everybody knows that he is unelectable, so his…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – When my same-sex domestic partner and I got Domestic Partnered, we had to reconstruct a sharing of our property like we would get automatically through marriage. We transferred our property into a joint trust, expecting Proposition 13 to…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I hope you got everything you wanted for Christmas. My Christmas was magical: my husband and I opened presents with our 9 ½ month old kids, including a book that we put together chronicling their first year on…Read More »