Well, hell, Gn2Dlnd, I was going to post that as his macro-motive.

His micro-motive was that they f***** with his money--such as it was--and the crimes were simply workplace violence.

I haven't read any books, and I didn't pay enough attention at the time, but it seems pretty clear White was strongly motivated by wanting his job back, and thus his killing of Mayor Moscone (who refused) was almost certainly related to that.

His murder of Milk was also likely related to their relationship as city supervisors, and only tangentially (if at all) to Harvey's status as a gay rights leader (though perhaps his activism and political position cannot be separated). Whether White was a closet case and whether that had anything to do with either twinkies or the murders is rank speculation.

His motives are pretty much speculation as well ... but the job issue is the clearest of the murky lot.

That's pretty good news :)

Didn't hear until today that he also signed legislation that clarified the status of out of state gay marriages.

This was an issue because when gay marriage was allowed, gay couples previously married out of state were not allowed to remarry in California (since they were already married). So, if you were married out of state prior to the passage of Prop 8 you are married in California.

And if you were married out of state after the passage of Prop 8 you automatically get all the benefits of marriage in California without getting the word. So I guess they don't need to re-register as domestic partners.

Good news.