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Wiretap: Courts celebrate holidays with happy gay marriage rulings

Utah's ban on gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional. Merry couples have been flocking to clerk offices to get hitched. Did you hear the outrage? Neither did Jeffrey Toobin.

Wiretap: RIP inspirational Colorado lawmaker Ken Gordon

  Ken Gordon, former Senate majority leader, was the kind of politician who actually believed in the idea of doing good. He was a...

Utah No. 18 to legalize gay marriage; Colorado still unranked

Colorado has also got a lawsuit wending its way through the system, but gay-rights activists have been worried about taking the case before the conservative Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Littwin: Stuck in civil-unions purgatory

  The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that same-sex marriage in the state should be legal because, well, it's kind of obvious by...

Gay marriage: No, Colorado is not the next New Mexico

DENVER -- Gay rights supporters in Colorado are applauding the New Mexico Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the right of same-sex couples to marry in the state, celebrating the unanimous decision as yet another in a cascade of similar developments.

Colorado judge: Cake baker discriminated against gay couple

  DENVER -- Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer ruled today that Lakewood baker Jack Phillips discriminated against a gay couple when he refused to bake...

Colorado gay wedding cake case moves forward

DENVER -- The Lakewood baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple and the gay couple sued. Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer heard arguments Wednesday and said he would likely rule on the case before the weekend.

Wrong side of polls, wrong side of history

The polls are really bad for congressional Republicans in the wake of the shutdown crisis, but it's history -- the kind still being written -- that may be the party's biggest problem.

The Path to Marriage Equality in Colorado: Having a Responsible Statewide...

Six months ago, when I left my job as a speechwriter in D.C. and headed west to join the staff of One Colorado, I had the feeling I was about to become part of something big.

U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Defense of Marriage Act, Passes on Prop...

The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was overturned and California’s Proposition 8 passed back to the state in two Supreme Court decisions issued today.