Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – It’s old news now, but June is once again Gay Pride month by proclamation of the President of the United States. I’m tired of having the civil liberties and human dignity of my fellow Americans ebb and flow…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – American Physicist reflected on his experience with the Los Alamos bomb-building program in his 1985 book Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! and came to a realization about the futility of existence: I sat in a restaurant in New…Read More »
Governor Jim Douglas109 State Street, PavilionMontpelier, VT 05609-0101 April 5, 2009 RE: Civil marriage bill S.115 Dear Governor Douglas, In 2006 you vetoed a civil rights bill banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity by employers, financial institutions, housing, public accommodations,…Read More »
Governor Jim Douglas109 State Street, PavilionMontpelier, VT 05609-0101 April 1, 2009 RE: Civil marriage bill S.115 Dear Governor Douglas, Today was April Fool’s day, so when I first heard that the Governor of Vermont was going to veto S. 115, “An Act…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – The most powerful arguments used to justify a ban on same-sex marriages are the results of the voter initiatives in March of 2000 and November of 2008. But those arguments will expire soon. Proposition 22 won by 11.4%…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Happy New Year! I am pleased to start 2009 in a state with so much promise. I want to ask you to join me in my new year resolution to do more for marriage equality in this critical…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – The Ides of March must make politicians nervous. This was the day in 44 BC that Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of Roman senators who believed Caesar intended to take over the Republic and…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 – I was reading “this day in history” and I believe that today’s events can teach us a lot about how to achieve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In 1978 Jim Jones’ cult committed mass suicide; in…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – A lot has changed since 2005, when you vetoed AB 849 saying that you want the people to decide who can access marriage in California. More than 9,000 marriages have taken place in Massachusetts (and rather than the…Read More »