Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – If you think the gays have it bad, did you know that England’s 1688 Bill of Rights prohibits heirs to the British throne from marrying a Catholic? As recently as 1978, the queen’s cousin Prince Michael of Kent…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – It was 1963 – just 45 years ago today – that Governor George Wallace stood in a campus doorway while attempting to exclude two black students from the University of Alabama. Telling people that they’re too dumb to…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Do you think civil rights should be decided by an emotional popular vote, or by the ultimate popular vote, the Constitution? Every human rights victory we hold dear (like suffrage, apartheid, the United Nations and slavery) was installed…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – When President Gerald R. Ford was running for his first term in congress in 1948, he delayed his marriage to Elizabeth Warren until after the election because he was worried that voters would punish him for marrying a…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Marriage sure has gone through a lot of changes in the past centuries. A girl’s father used to decide who his daughter would marry. Then there were bans on interfaith and interracial marriages. Nowadays, almost everybody can choose…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – The latest installment of the CBS reality show Big Brother has a new twist. Eight couples are bonded together in the Big Brother house as “soul mates” based on personality matching performed before the show. In addition to…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Last night a friend of mine made an interesting observation. He pointed out that traditionally, marriage has been about ‘sameness.’ Same religion, same interests, same city, same house, same race, same bed. Why would it be so strange…Read More »