Tag: Dave Schultheis

State Sen. Dave Schultheis restated his opposition to a bill over requiring HIV tests for pregnant women by claiming that infected babies would cause families to "see the negative consequences of that promiscuity." UPDATE: The Rocky re-arranged its original story posted at 1:05 p.m. and buried Sen. Schultheis' controversial quote in a linked side bar.

Democrats were outraged Wednesday morning when Republican state Sen. Dave Schultheis said he planned to vote against a bill to require HIV tests for pregnant women because the disease "stems from sexual promiscuity" and he didn't think the Legislature should "remove the negative consequences that take place from poor behavior and unacceptable behavior." The Colorado Springs lawmaker then proceeded to cast the lone vote against SB-179, which passed 32-1 and moves on to the House. UPDATE: Schultheis restates his opposition to the bill by claiming HIV babies are punishment for promiscuous moms.

Just in time for Christmas, we’ve stumbled across Colorado Republican state Sen. Dave Schultheis’ list of recommended reading, “for the education of a good conservative.” And not one of the 15 must-reads are a day younger than 35 years old. OK, we exaggerate. One of them was published in this century.

With the longest ballot in the country this year, Colorado voters will face a dizzying list of 18 questions come November. But impassioned, signature-gathering citizens aren't the only ones to blame for packing the mondo ballot. Four of the questions were placed on the ballot by the state legislature. Called referenda, this year's items deal with state government rules and procedures. And, in a grand twist, one of them makes it harder for citizens to amend the state's constitution via the initiative process.

Amendment 31, meet Amendment 61 - otherwise known as Colorado civil rights activists' answer to California millionaire Ward Connerly's efforts to outlaw affirmative action...

The paid petition circulators are already out in force. Standing with their clipboards in front of King Soopers and Safeway and Target stores, they...

UPDATE: Friday, 11:30 p.m. Rep. Bruce has been booted off the  State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, effective immediately. House Minority Leader Mike May's...

Erica Corder wanted to tell her graduating classmates about her Lord and Savior. But she didn't tell her principal about her plan. So Corder's...

Conservatives from Colorado and out-of-state lined up Monday to announce a push to put an anti-affirmative action measure on Colorado's ballot in 2008. From...

They packed the Old Supreme Court Chambers, and descriptions of the resolution ran the full gamut: "weak," "very modest," "not strong enough," "sending a...