Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Marriage initiative Rocky Mountain News: "Some of the most powerful Christian groups in Colorado are giving a guarded response to a ballot initiative that seeks to prohibit legal recognition of same-sex couples. The Colorado Catholic Conference and the National Association of Evangelicals have declined to take a stand on the measure sponsored by state Rep. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, and retired car dealer Will Perkins, of Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, on the other hand, supports the Lundberg-Perkins effort to change the state constitution to prohibit government agencies from recognizing or creating 'a legal status similar to that of marriage.' Supporters soon will begin collecting petition signatures despite the threat of a state Supreme Court challenge. Focus on the Family, the NAE and the Catholic Conference are all part of a coalition of Christian groups called Coloradans for Marriage, formed last year to campaign for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The group debated whether to include language prohibiting domestic partnerships and civil unions - supported by Focus on the Family - but decided in January only to tackle the definition of marriage. Jon Paul, executive director of Coloradans for Marriage, has taken a hands-off approach to the Lundberg-Perkins measure." Category: Denver November 2006 Election 6:52:43 AM    comment []

Owens and the fall ballot Governor Owens is effecting the fall gubernatorial election without being able to run, according to the Denver Post. From the article, "Gov. Bill Owens this year might not break his 2005 record of 47 vetoes. But he's getting close, having vetoed 32 bills as of Tuesday and issued four partial vetoes. In the process, he has helped create an agenda for the governor's race and for the 2007 legislature. Owens has vetoed several consumer bills, including a measure designed to lower some prescription drug prices, a bill to require more oversight of state contracting and a measure giving the state more flexibility in setting air-quality standards. He also vetoed a bill that would have protected homosexuals from employment discrimination. Several of the vetoed measures have surfaced before, and Democrats who back them are likely to raise the vetoes as a campaign argument for keeping Democrats in control of the legislature and putting a Democrat in the governor's office." Category: Denver November 2006 Election 6:46:33 AM    comment []

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