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 – Next week, three generations of our family will gather around the dinner table: us, our newborn twins, and all four of our parents. It is amazing to watch our parents glow in the pride of their grandchildren –…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 – As you approach the deadline for acting on legislation from this fiscal year, I thought I might help out by writing a message for you to use in relation to AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – You have argued that AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, is unnecessary. What was unnecessary was asking the Attorney General to invalidate my marriage in 2004; vetoing the first Freedom to Marry bill in…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – As a voter of conscience, I don’t understand how anybody could pop a chad for a Republican. Last night’s slap at people of color piggybacked months of campaigns against Hispanic and Latino workers and years of attacks on…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I would much rather stay home tonight to watch Dustin and Amber lash out at Dick and Daniele on Big Brother 8, but instead I’m going to be down at your star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I know that you’ll never sign AB 43, the bill that would let my family choose the safety and simplicity of marriage just like everybody else. But there are reasons that I can hope: On one side, AB…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – A lot has changed since 2005, when you vetoed AB 849 saying that you want the people to decide who can access marriage in California. More than 9,000 marriages have taken place in Massachusetts (and rather than the…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – When you vetoed AB 849, the 2005 version of the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, you concluded “If the ban of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, this bill is not necessary. If the ban is constitutional, this…Read More »