Page 2
-
Colo. AG asks state’s high court to stop same-sex marriage licenses in Boulder
DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is trying again to stop Boulder’s clerk from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Suthers filed a motion with the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday asking it to order clerk Hillary Hall to stop providing the licenses. Both the Colorado Court of Appeals and a state judge in Boulder have refused his …
-
Marriage News Watch: State lawyers ignore public support for marriage equality
The rules have changed yet again this week in Colorado, with new rulings on marriage from multiple courts. New polls show growing support for equality in western states, but multiple Attorneys General have filed new briefs to stop gay and lesbian couples from marrying. And another Republican member of Congress has come out in favor of the freedom to marry…
-
Colo. appeals court refuses to stop Boulder’s same-sex marriage licenses
DENVER — The Colorado Court of Appeals has denied state Attorney General John Suthers’ request to stop Boulder’s clerk from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. The court issued its ruling Thursday evening, saying Suthers didn’t establish the factors required to reverse a ruling that allowed clerk Hillary Hall to issue such licenses. The court did not…
-
Colo. judge again refuses to stop Boulder same-sex marriages
BOULDER, Colo. — A Colorado state judge has again refused to stop Boulder’s clerk from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. In an order issued Wednesday and included in the file of a pending federal lawsuit on same-sex marriage, Boulder District Judge Andrew Hartman denied Attorney General John Suthers’ request to put his previous ruling in favor of clerk Hillary Hall on hold.
-
Pueblo County, Colo., ‘reluctantly’ stops issuing marriage licenses to gay couples
PUEBLO, Colo. — Boulder County is the last remaining county in Colorado still issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after Pueblo County stopped issuing the licenses Monday afternoon. KUSA-TV reports that Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert Ortiz stopped issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday afternoon after receiving a cease and desist …
-
Colorado AG asks state Supreme Court to stop same-sex marriages
DENVER — Colorado’s attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to uphold Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban and stop gay couples from marrying. Republican Attorney General John Suthers on Monday asked the court to stop county clerks from issuing marriage licenses to the couples until it rules on his appeal of a lower court’s ruling that the…
-
First same-sex couples begin marrying in Denver despite gay marriage ban
DENVER — Same-sex couples can keep getting married in Colorado, even though the state’s gay marriage ban is still in effect, a judge ruled Thursday. The decision added to the national confusion over same-sex marriage, as the judge said a county clerk can continue giving marriage licenses to gay couples despite what the state’s attorney general calls …
-
Judge: Boulder clerk can continue issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
DENVER — A Boulder County clerk who has been issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of Colorado’s gay-marriage ban has been cleared to continue. Boulder County Judge Andrew Hartman ruled Thursday that county clerk Hillary Hall can ignore a federal stay on a ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver …
-
Colo. same-sex marriage license showdown heads to court
BOULDER, Colo. — A showdown over gay marriage licenses in Colorado could be resolved Wednesday. Republican Attorney General John Suthers is suing the Boulder County clerk for ignoring a federal court stay on a recent gay marriage ruling and issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Suthers has maintained that the state’s gay marriage ban remains …
-
Colo. AG files suit against Boulder County over same-sex marriage licenses
DENVER — Colorado’s Republican attorney general on Thursday followed through with his threat to sue the Boulder County clerk for issuing same-sex marriage licenses. The lawsuit from Attorney General John Suthers is the latest in Colorado’s gay-marriage legal fight, which has escalated since the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled last week …