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Letters
Inability to produce offspring isn't a good enough reason to ban same-sex marriage
Tony Di Leonardo wrote a letter to The Sun saying that "marriage is an institution to produce future generations legally." You stated that your theory is: "Since same sex can't product future generations, they don't qualify for the institution of marriage."
My goodness, have you thought this through? You've got a lifetime of legal reform ahead of you if you truly believe that!
My sister, for example, recovered from cancer before she married. The government let them marry, even though they both knew they'd never have children. And they've been on each other's health insurance for about 30 years. When one is hospitalized, the other is allowed to sign consent forms. Should the law have prohibited that?
My friend is a widow who married a widower 10 years ago, when they were 60. The government let them marry, even though their physicians can certify they can't produce any future generations. When one dies, the other will get an automatic tax break on inheritance. They are automatically eligible for a share of each other's social security and retirement. Should the law have prohibited that?
And what about the divorce laws? Should the law insist that people buying birth control will be automatically served with divorce papers?
Marian Cochran
Sunnyvale
Hole in fence causes major safety problems
There is a safety issue pertaining to the hole in the fence which provides access from the train station to Hendy Avenue and California Avenue. Neighborhood residences, train pedestrians and bicycle riders are all at risk. People leaving the train station or cutting through the station to access California are simply stepping out into the street without looking for cars driving by on Hendy.
Cars parked along the fence add to the problem, as the pedestrians stepping out onto the street are hidden by the cars. It also creates a blind spot for the pedestrians when looking for cars going by.
My husband and I have had several close calls. We have almost hit bicyclists, skateboarders, and inline skaters because they come barreling out from the train station through the hole in the fence without regard to neighborhood traffic. The same goes for pedestrians.
We have learned to be extra cautious when driving on Hendy to get home. I think the users of the hole in the fence should have to accept responsibility also for their own safety as well.
People dropping off others double park at that spot which causes an additional safety hazard.
It would be traumatic to all involved, and most certainly cause physical injury if someone gets hit by a car or truck.
I would like to suggest that the city puts a cross walk, pedestrian signs and maybe a speed bump at the location. Erecting a gate barrier so that pedestrians and others slow down would also help. I'd also like to see the curb along the fence made into a no parking zone. Not the whole street curb, just enough to remove the blind spot.
I hope that something good will come out of this before something bad happens to someone.
Mrs. R-Saldivar
Sunnyvale
Congratulations to all Sunnyvale graduates
Your cover story on Sunnyvale students graduating fails to recognize the many Sunnyvale students who attend Wilcox High in Santa Clara. Those students who live approximately east of Wolfe and south of Reed attend Santa Clara schools but The Sun rarely covers these students or schools.
My congratulations to all Sunnyvale graduates!
Cathy Vollmer
Sunnyvale
Not all UC graduations were a free-for-all
Last weekend we attended our son's commencement ceremonies at UCLA. To the contrary of Lee Kucera's June 23 article "Bring the dignity to graduation ceremonies," we found the commencement to be very dignified. The audience stood as the students marched down the aisle to the stage. People sat in their chairs and were respectful during the speeches of the dean, the visiting commencement speaker and the students. People used the designated spots on either sides of the stage to take pictures and videotape the event. The audience clapped for the students as the dean recognized them by their names. At the end of the ceremony the graduates sang their alma mater and processed to the quad for the reception. People were very courteous and friendly while in line and we all congratulated each other.
The reason we are bringing this up is that we do not want the reader to make a false generalization that all UC graduation ceremonies do not have any dignity.
Miquileen Correa
Cupertino
Why delete references to our city, Sunnyvale?
Silicon Valley Wave? Silicon Valley Walk? Pac Bell Park? 3 Com Park?
Does everything need to be connected to the mighty dollar?
I have been a resident of Sunnyvale for over 50 years and have always been very proud of our city. Why must we wipe it off the map of people's minds and memories? Plans for the new downtown shopping center and historic walk do not include the name of our city. Sunnyvale has an important heritage, yet is not even listed in the national hotel directory used by travel agents.
The listings for our area are under "Silicon Valley." I realize that the computer age has made irreversible and inevitable changes to our initially farmland town, but why must we release all reference to our appropriately named city--Sunnyvale?
Marie Boyd
Sunnyvale
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Sunnyvale, California Since 1994
