Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I have been struggling to find the right words to express what I was feeling yesterday after the Supreme Court ended California’s ban on marriage. It was an emotion I hadn’t felt in a long time, and it…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Today was a great day. The State Supreme Court overruled you to say that same-sex couples must be given the “respect and dignity” of marriage because the constitutional protections for race and gender also apply to sexual orientation.…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – With the recent disasters in Myanmar and Sichuan province, we are reminded that we are a large and diverse world. The traditional, conservative South Pacific island paradise of Tahiti has a social custom that we might think is…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – On the season finale of the hit series Brothers and Sisters, a major character, Kevin, married his boyfriend Scotty in a high-profile (but not legally binding) ceremony. Executive producer Monica Breen explains “Kevin deserves a stable relationship in…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – The President who said that gay Americans are not worthy of marriage had his daughter married off today. I wonder if Henry Hager asked Mr. Bush for permission to marry his daughter? That would be very traditional, and…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Two prominent black gay men are in the news. John Amaechi is a former NBA player who came out of the closet in February 2007 and became a media sensation — as well as the target for ugly…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I wanted to explain to you why the stakes are so high for this November’s ballot initiative limiting marriage to heterosexual couples. Michigan’s State Supreme Court ruled yesterday 5-2 that their 2004 ballot initiative to limit marriage also…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – On the grand scale of “people doing mean things to other people,” banning same-sex couples from marriage seems pretty insignificant. But with Friday’s death of Mildred Loving, I was reminded of how cruel people can be. Mrs. Loving,…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Every four years, the United Methodist Church holds a meeting to set church policy. At this year’s conference, the delegates: – Upheld a church law that says gay and lesbian relationships are “incompatible with Christian teaching.”– Kept a…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I still need your help again to fix the language on California EDD Form DE1-HW. I wrote to you in July 2007 complaining about the checkbox for HUS/WIFE. As members of a California Registered Domestic Partnership trying to…Read More »