Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I have a civics question for you. Who is responsible for making sure that California follows its own laws? The reason that I’m asking is because California seems to be breaking the law by issuing marriage licenses, and…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – As you know, Miss California USA had a rough time over the weekend with the task of representing Californians as being welcoming tolerant folk. Yesterday morning, we found out that she has a sister, a second lieutenant in…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – What is up with Miss California? As you know, she was on the verge of winning the Miss USA pageant last night, until she opened her mouth and revealed what was inside: somebody who seems to think that…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I just wanted to make sure that you noticed Meghan McCain’s memo to the GOP, “Go Gay.” In it, she blames her father’s recent loss to President Obama squarely on the Republican Party’s use of anti-gay rhetoric to…Read More »
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 – 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 »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Bishop Gene Robinson is coming to visit our church this weekend, and pick up a GLAAD Media Award along the way. Bishop Robinson was not allowed to participate in discussions at the Lambeth conference in England last summer.…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – What is going on in this state? I just read in the San Francisco Chronicle that Napa City Councilman Mark van Gorder asked his colleagues to support a resolution saying the “city does not support discrimination and finds…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I got a really nice note from a reader who saw my posting about The Book of Ruth and how Ruth’s relationship with Naomi inspired her like it inspired me. You may recall that Ruth and Naomi promised…Read More »
Governor Jim Douglas109 State Street, PavilionMontpelier, VT 05609-0101 April 7, 2009 RE: Civil marriage bill H275 Dear Governor Douglas, I just read the news that you vetoed H275, the bill that would make civil marriage available to every Vermonter. What I don’t…Read More »