Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – At your inauguration four years ago today, you said “I will not rest until the people of California come to see their government as a partner in their lives, not a roadblock to their dreams.” My dream is…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – You vetoed AB 43 because you didn’t want to override the vote of the people. But you don’t have to override the people to lead them. You could do a lot of good by teaching people what they…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Yesterday was the 18th anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall. Apparently you can only keep people living with freedom apart from those without for so long. Just like the Wall divided Westerners and Easterners in Germany,…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – It has been 135 years since Susan B. Anthony voted in the 1872 presidential election. She was arrested barely two weeks later because it was illegal at the time for women to vote. In her defense, she argued…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Thank you for signing seven LGBT bills into law this session, but I wish you had also signed AB 43 to stop discrimination once and for all. Signing AB 43 would have sent a clear message to the…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I want to get married, but I’m running into more and more people who just want to “shack up” without making that commitment. I am starting to think that the decline of marriage might be inspired by the…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – So far this year you have signed 254 bills into law, and vetoed just 10. I am pleased that you agree with the legislature on so many things. I hope you also agree that all California couples deserve…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I’ve only lived in California for eight years, and I love the state, but I believe it could be even better if same-sex couples had the same freedom to marry as everybody else. Those who disagree with me…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – As a parent who wants to teach his kids about freedom and tolerance, it irritates me that you have so curtly promised to veto AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act.It’s not the veto that…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I’ve been following your political assent since you replaced Governor Davis, and I have no doubt that “Arnold Strong” can do whatever he wants to do regarding AB 43 and same-sex marriage in this state. Here is what…Read More »