Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Is marriage a right or a privilege? If it is a right, why do I not have it? If it is a privilege, what do I have to do to earn it? Really, please Governor, why won’t you…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 – I just want to get married like everybody else. I believe that those who are opposed to giving me that freedom are confused about what I would do with it. Some groups claim that gays want to get…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I started out writing this letter intending to point out that there were a lot of Republicans who would let me get married to my partner of ten years. We all know about Vice President Dick Cheney saying…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – As a Californian who is proud of his state, I am embarrassed by what happened in Kentucky. In a last-ditch effort to get their candidate re-elected, The Republican Party paid Pat Boone to record a warning that if…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, I wrote to you in July to ask for your help in getting the EDD to change form DE1 to reference Domestic Partnerships on par with HUS/WIFE, and you were able to steer us to the right place to…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I’m just an ordinary guy who is a little naive about how politics works. I’m hoping you could help us resolve a bet. My friend Sharla and I are trying to figure out why you would deprive your…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – You might be wondering why I sign my letters “Yours.” You asked the Attorney General to annul my marriage in 2004. You blocked my freedom to choose marriage when you vetoed AB 849 two years ago and AB…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – The story of the Utah couple who took in their niece’s four children broke my heart. Gregg Valdez and his partner Mike Oberg offered their familiar home so the kids could stay at the same school and stay…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I just read a wonderful article in the Los Angeles Times titled Many Catholic schools fight to survive where the author, Carla Rivera, attributes the 40% decline in enrollment at Catholic schools to families leaving the urban core.…Read More »