Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, In July of 2007 I wrote to you to ask you to sign AB 43, the bill that was heading to your desk that would have ended the segregation of same-sex and opposite-sex marriages in our state. When you…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – This is Jury Appreciation Week, which I discovered when I was called in for jury duty. The jurors on my panel were asked to state the occupation of their spouse or significant other. Most people answered “my husband,”…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Equality California released their 2008 Legislative Scorecard last week. I was elated to see your signature on so many pieces of EQCA-sponsored legislation. I particularly want to applaud you for signing AB 3015 Foster Youth School Safety Education…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Equality California and the Let California Ring campaign are collecting signatures on an open letter asking you to address the California Supreme Court during oral arguments on the constitutionality of gay marriage this Spring. As a defendant in…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – When you vetoed AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, you said that you couldn’t sign it because it would have been illegal and you would have gone to jail. I believe you committed a…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – When you vetoed AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, you said that the people should decide the future of gay marriage. What you should have said is that the people should be able to…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – As Governor of California, could you make an exception to the law so that my fiancée and I can get married? We are both outstanding citizens, we have lived together for ten years, and in California for more…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Happy New Year! I was just reading through all the new laws going into effect this year and noticed such things as: Tanning booths: To address concern about skin cancer, changes the parental consent law for minors, ages…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I like you because you’re a non-nonsense kind of guy. You drive a hummer and smoke cigars regardless of what people say. And just as effectively as you enjoy your own freedoms, you usually defend those of Californians.…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I wrote to you in July as an angry taxpayer about the cost of limiting marriage to heterosexual couples as revealed by The Williams Institute at UCLA. Their recent analysis for Maryland revealed that their 8,000 same-sex couples,…Read More »