Tag: Referendum I

DENVER-- Opposition to a gay-rights civil union bill defeated here last month was directed in large part by Colorado Springs-based evangelical empire Focus on the Family and the Colorado Catholic Conference. The Christian-right campaign, however, also reenergized a leading anti-gay rights activist organization of the 1990s, influential rough-and-tumble group Colorado for Family Values.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has signed on as a lead co-sponsor of legislation that will be introduced next week to repeal the Defense...

Proponents of a 2010 Colorado ballot initiative that would establish civil unions for same-sex couples met with state attorneys on Tuesday for a required "review and comments" session, a typically staid affair that normally draws only those required to attend. But this was no usual session. Although the initiative was proposed last month, Tuesday's review comes during a week when gay marriage has been at the center of national news and when developments across the country are dramatically shifting the terrain of the debate.

David Harsanyi, a Denver Post columnist who once referred to the outcome of a transgender workplace discrimination case as "government-backed blackmail," is now focusing...

Today reporters caught up with Pastor Ted Haggard pulling out of the driveway of his home with his wife Gayle and three children. (All...

As the world seized on what initially appeared to be flimsy claims by a gay prostitute asserting he had a "sexual business" relationship with...

Two months ago a gay prostitute went to Channel 9 news and claimed he has had sex for three years with Pastor Ted Haggard....

Colorado Confidential wants to know: Where is the veritable blue dress? Last night's Channel 9 Wants to Know report that Pastor Ted Haggard has...

Sean Duffy sounds confident when he talks about bringing domestic partnerships to Colorado. "The campaign is right on track," he says.  "All of our advertising...

The traditionally conservative Rocky Mountain News endorsed Referendum I today, a measure that would give gay and lesbian couples legal rights under domestic partnerships....