Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – In California we seem to be stuck in a world with marriages for some couples and civil unions for others. This seems to be an accommodation to religious groups who somehow feel entitled to own the word “marriage”…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – If we had a government registry for religion, what would it look like? It would obviously require people to be a certain age, and only register once. Would it require a race, a gender, or a certain belief?…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision about the validity of Proposition 8 made my blood boil. Instead of having just one set of laws governing Californians, we now have three: one for heterosexual marriage, another for gay marriages performed during…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Today’s New York Times tells the story of Lisa Pond, who collapsed on a cruise ship and was taken to the ER in Florida. Her Domestic Partner Janice Langbehn and their three adopted kids followed the ambulance. They…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I’m curious to know why opposite-sex couples cannot get Domestic Partnerships in California until one or both is over age 62? It seems to me that Family Code section 297 (b) (B) …” persons of opposite sexes may…Read More »
Governor Jim Douglas109 State Street, PavilionMontpelier, VT 05609-0101 April 6, 2009 RE: Civil marriage bill S.115 Dear Governor Douglas, I read in the Wall Street Journal that you have promised to veto the bill that would make same sex marriage legal in…Read More »
Governor Jim Douglas109 State Street, PavilionMontpelier, VT 05609-0101 April 2, 2009 RE: Civil marriage bill S.115 Dear Governor Douglas, You have said that Vermont’s civil union law has extended the same state rights, responsibilities and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples. I…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – People are asking me, and probably still asking you, why the gays can’t just get Domestic Partnered instead of married. As my fiancée and I prepare for our wedding next Tuesday, in terms of personal life milestones, it…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – My sister-in-law lives in Germany. There, gay or straight, everybody gets “civil unions” in the eyes of the state. The churches are left to themselves to decide who they will marry in their ceremonies and bless with the…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I’ve been having problems figuring out how to refer to my spouse. A lot of people try to insist that I call him my “registered California Domestic Partner,” but that doesn’t seem right to me. We have been…Read More »