GLBT

Prop. 8 fallout continues with Mormon campaign cash investigation, ‘Dishonor Roll’

The fallout is still coming down in a big way over California’s Proposition 8 election results. There have been largely symbolic pushbacks over the voter-approved law that strips gay couples from the right to marry each other — like last weekend’s protest in Colorado at the Century Boulder Theater. And there are larger stakes issues at play as well — like an investigation into whether the Mormon Church, which heavily funded the measure, violated state laws by failing to report campaign expenditures.

Polis to join anti-Proposition 8 protest at Century Boulder Theater

Colorado Congressman Jared Polis and his partner, Marlon Reis, will be among those boycotting the Century Boulder Theater on Sunday. The movie house plans to show the film “Milk,” based on the story of Harvey Milk, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and pioneer in the gay-rights movement who was gunned down in 1978. The theater company owner’s CEO, Alan Stock, donated $9,999 to California’s Yes On 8 campaign to prohibit gays from marrying.

Grace Church raided; Rev. Don Armstrong under ‘ecclesiastical indictment’

More than 20 police officers raided the landmark Grace Church and St. Stephen’s in downtown Colorado Springs on Wednesday, marking the latest in the ongoing criminal investigation into whether the controversial Rev. Don Armstrong embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars. Keep reading for the full story of the saga over Armstrong and his breakaway church, which split from the Episcopal Church of North America more than a year ago.

A prayer to Jesus: Make Ted Haggard go away

We can’t stop. We, as in the collective, can’t stop writing about him and we can’t stop reading about him. We can’t stop clicking on the name Ted Haggard whenever it appears on screen. We need an intervention, we need a restoration, and we need it fast. Lord save us from the clutches of Ted Haggard and his never-ending evangelical Christianity-meets-Leviticus-meets-Webmania train wreck.

Shades of gay: Prop. 8 boycotts recall post-Amendment 2 anger over Colorado

Don’t ski here, don’t hike here, don’t convention here, don’t come here. That was the message, coming from the higher echelons of Hollywood, indeed from gays and lesbians and their friends across the country, in the weeks after Colorado became the “Hate State” and Colorado Springs the “Belly of the Beast” when Colorado voters approved Amendment 2 in 1992. Now post-Proposition 8, California and even Utah have found themselves the targets of even more sophisticated boycott efforts.

Focus on the Family turns to ‘Fred’ for funds

Now that Focus on the Family has slashed 202 jobs and cut production of four of its eight specialized magazines, among other cost cutting efforts, get ready to meet Fred. He’ll soon be appearing in a commercial near you, asking for money, in a manner of speaking, for Focus on the Family.

Radio follow-up on layoffs urges focus on own family

The member-supported Public News Service picked up our story on the Focus on the Family layoffs of 20 percent of their workforce coming right after spending more than a half-million dollars to quash gay couples from marrying and becoming legal families in California.

So far more than 20 radio stations in Colorado have picked up their report, about our report.

Prop 8 protests evoke memories of Colorado’s Amendment 2 fight

Reports on the numbers in Colorado were varied: between 500 and 1,000 in Denver ; 300 in Fort Collins, a hundred in Colorado Springs; several hundred in Boulder; two dozen in Aspen. The numbers weren’t huge, but the passion — in response to California’s anti-gay Proposition 8 — has been tremendous.

More layoffs at Focus on the Family

UPDATE: Focus on the Family announced this afternoon that 202 jobs will be cut companywide — an estimated 20 percent of its workforce. Initial reports bring the total number of remaining employees to around 950.

Focus on the Family is poised to announce major employee layoffs today from its Colorado Springs-based ministry and media empire. The cutbacks come just weeks after the group pumped more than half a million dollars into the successful effort to pass a gay marriage ban in California.

Critics are holding up the layoffs, which come just two months after the last round of dismissals in the organization, as a sad commentary on the priorities of the families on which the ministry is truly focusing.

Rallies to protest Prop 8, marriage bans set for Saturday across Colorado

A nationwide day of protest against California’s Proposition 8 and other measures in last week’s election that banned same-sex marriage includes rallies planned in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Durango and Aspen. Organized through the Join the Impact! Web site, simultaneous protests aim to call attention to the issue as a civil rights issue at 11:30 a.m. MST Saturday as hundreds of gatherings take place across the country.