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Here we go again: Senate sends civil union bill to House, doubt surrounds House possibilities

Here we go again: Senate sends civil union bill to House, doubt surrounds House possibilities

The Colorado state Senate gave its final approval April 26 to a bill that would establish civil unions here. But before the Senate even took up the matter, the legislation appeared Dead On Arrival in the [...]

Honoring a life of service

Honoring a life of service

One of the men on the forefront of the fight was attorney Paul Hunter. And on April 21, the Colorado chapter of the Humans Rights Campaign will once again bestow an award in Hunter's honor to [...]

State of the Nation and sleep deprivation

State of the Nation and sleep deprivation

I'm an addict. I'm addicted to reading loaded political news right before bed spurring a diabolical cycle of insomnia, anxiety, and repeatedly questioning “How can this be?” [...]

Love, civil unions and GOP politics

Love, civil unions and GOP politics

Six years ago, it was love at first sight, Fred says. “Well, third sight.” Where? The Log Cabin Republican national convention. Michael was the president of the Chicago chapter. And Fred was the president of the [...]

You don’t deserve marriage unless you fight for it

You don’t deserve marriage unless you fight for it

When we last met, we were discussing GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s Colorado surge. Tens of thousands of Coloradans came to support his anti-Obama/anti-gay platform. Now we’ve learned from a Senate Judiciary Committee member that 30,000 [...]

All eyes on the House, civil unions at Colorado LGBT Lobby Day

All eyes on the House, civil unions at Colorado LGBT Lobby Day

Vicki Thompson tapped her foot while she peered through the lobby window into the Colorado House chamber. Her eyes, like lasers, focused on her state representative, Brian DelGrosso. The Loveland woman, partnered with another woman for 18 [...]

Civil unions follow a familiar path, but supporters note changing circumstances

Civil unions follow a familiar path, but supporters note changing circumstances

A bill for civil unions passed its first 2012 test in a Colorado Senate committee Feb. 15 by 5-2 vote – identical to the support a similar bill received on that committee last year before it [...]

Comedian Kate Clinton talks election, pissing off right-wingers and her responsibility to be political

Comedian Kate Clinton talks election, pissing off right-wingers and her responsibility to be political

By Chris Azzopardi Times like this – election years, when politics are a comedian’s punching-bag – were made for Kate Clinton, who has hilariously riffed on 30 years of stupid presidents and right-winged morons. In the [...]

Colorado’s gay GOP: Santorum’s caucus victory is not binding

Colorado’s gay GOP: Santorum’s caucus victory is not binding

Don’t worry, Colorado. The results from Tuesday night’s GOP caucus aren’t binding, influential gay Republicans told Out Front Colorado. While none of the Republicans interviewed expressed out right disappointment in Rick Santorum’s surprise victory, all pointed out: the race [...]

Colorado gay rights group donates to Republican lawmakers who voted for civil unions

Colorado gay rights group donates to Republican lawmakers who voted for civil unions

Colorado’s statewide-LGBT advocacy organization is putting its money where its mouth is. One Colorado, the group leading the lobbying effort for civil unions here, has repeatedly pledged to support any lawmaker — Republican or Democrat — [...]