Tag: Gay Rights

DENVER-- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff told a crowd of about 30 students closely gathered in the Senate Room at the Auraria Higher Education Campus Wednesday that he was trying to lead by example with his so-far low-key campaign. Earlier in the day his staff announced Romanoff would not be taking Political Action Committee contributions.

Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Scott Starin balks at the notion of amending the U.S. Constitution, an action he says should not be taken lightly. But when it comes to same-sex marriage, he would be willing to make an exception. “At the federal level, I always am hesitant to amend the Constitution; there’s a reason it’s only been amended a few times in our 230-year-plus history,” said Starin, who’s running against openly gay Democrat Jared Polis in the left-leaning district that includes Boulder.

Earlier this year, Colorado passed a second parent adoption bill.  One of the main impacts of the bill is that it permits gay and...

Barbara Lavender knows gay couples can provide supportive, loving homes for their children. She also knows these families are even more stable when both...

A bill that would allow unmarried couples to adopt children together passed through the House Health & Human Services committee Thursday. Several gay women...

A new bill introduced in the state House of Representatives would allow gay and other unmarried couples to adopt children together. More after the...

Who opposes a gay marriage ban in Colorado's Constitution (Amendment 43)?  Representatives of many of the biggest Christian denominations in Colorado: * American Baptist Church *...

Amendment 45, a ballot initiative to make clear that domestic partnerships are not similar to marriage (and hence protect Referendum I instituting domestic partnerships...

Some tax provisions of a new law called the the Pension Protection Act of 2006 signed by President Bush on Thursday, August 17, provides...