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 – 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 – The biggest arguments I’ve been in about same-sex marriage have hinged on what the bible says about same-sex relationships. Apparently not even the churches can decide! Some, like the Episcopal Church, believe that all God’s children should be…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I know that you aren’t supposed to be mixing religion and government, but since this whole “Limit on Marriage” thing comes out of a strange interpretation of the bible and a government-sponsored intolerance for religious beliefs, I wish…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Two million dollars a week for the next ten weeks. That is what the two sides in the gay marriage fight will be spending to either stop, or keep gay marriage in California. Imagine how much good we…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I have written to you before about the rift over homosexuals in the Episcopal Church, but now it seems as though the Presbyterians are headed towards similar turmoil. Lisa Larges is a deacon in San Francisco who is…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – Like many Californians, I’m not profoundly religious, and the Bible is a big puzzle. So I rely on people of faith to help me interpret that book. The Most Reverend Jefferts Schori, a bishop of the Episcopal Church,…Read More »
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger – I am so proud of the Episcopal Church. In 2003, to underscore its belief that biblical teachings of tolerance and acceptance are paramount, they consecrated an openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. Now, the 2.2…Read More »