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On fifth try in five years, Colorado lawmakers move to ban...

Editor's note: House lawmakers on Feb. 19 passed the bill banning sexual orientation conversion therapy for minors by a vote of 42-20. Two Republicans...

Littwin: Supreme Court boldly decides the Masterpiece cake case by not...

So this is how it ends for the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, in which a Lakewood baker refused to make a wedding cake for a...

Judge jails defense investigator after she refuses to testify in death...

A prominent criminal defense investigator in Colorado is in jail for refusing to testify in a capital case she says is in conflict with...

‘Several’ terminally ill Coloradans have chosen to end their lives under...

Several terminally ill Coloradans have chosen to end their lives using legally prescribed drugs under the state's fledgling medical aid-in-dying law, according the state...

State House says hell no on religious exemptions bill

Even in redder-than-red Indiana, discriminating against someone because of their sexual orientation is frowned upon. Look at the outcry that came from business leaders...

Religion still won’t be an excuse to discriminate in Colorado

  House Republicans this week tried again to convince Democrats to allow business owners to discriminate against customers who violate their religious views. The Republican bill...

Equality Act would give federal protection from discrimination to LGBT people

Yesterday, Rep. Jared Polis and a band of fellow members of Congress introduced the Equality Act, a comprehensive anti-discrimination bill that would add to...

Evangelical policy activists raise ‘God’s army’ at Colorado Springs conference

Fear, persecution and self-defense dominated the message this week as hundreds of evangelicals gathered in Colorado Springs for a national conference on Christian political strategy. The...

Ballot initiatives aim to roll back Colorado LGBTQ rights

The anti-same-sex marriage initiatives are coming. Gene Straub and D'Arcy Straub filed two ballot measures last Thursday — barely a week after the Supreme Court's historic ruling...

John Suthers says he’s eyeing potholes in the Springs, not a...

John Suthers may never unleash the fever pitch of many successful conservative politicians, but in an era of by-any-means-necessary Republican political cockfights, his lack...