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Denver mayor cancels LGBT conference appearance after activists storm event
A group of nearly 100 activists stormed the stage Thursday evening at the “Creating Change” conference, demanding solidarity from LGBQ advocates, prompting Denver mayor Michael B. Hancock to cancel his planned address.
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National LGBTQ Task Force conference examines religion, faith
Debates over same-sex marriage often seem to pit champions of change against Americans of faith, but it’s possible to be both, say activists gathered in Denver for the annual “Creating Change” conference of the National LGBTQ Task Force.
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Dispute over Bible cake with gay slurs raises charge of religious discrimination
A dispute over a cake in Colorado raises a new question about gay rights and religious freedom: If bakers can be fined for refusing to serve married same-sex couples, can they also be punished for declining to make a cake with anti-gay statements?
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Bakery gets discrimination complaint over refusal to write anti-gay messages on cake
Denver’s Azucar Bakery is the target of a discrimination complaint after declining to decorate a wedding cake with anti-gay slurs.
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Boulder, Denver counties resume issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
DENVER — Boulder and Denver counties are joining other Colorado counties in issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Clerks there announced Tuesday they are now issuing the licenses after the Colorado Supreme Court lifted previous orders against them.
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Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban heads to federal court
DENVER — A Denver federal judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday from six gay couples seeking to overturn Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban. The couples are asking for an injunction declaring the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional, allowing clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Attorney General John Suthers isn’t opposing the injunction…
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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 …
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Colo. Supreme Court orders Denver to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses
DENVER — Colorado’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered Denver’s clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples while while the state’s ban against the unions remains in place. The two-page ruling noted that a judge who earlier this month ruled the ban was unconstitutional stayed his decision pending appeal, meaning the prohibition remains active.
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Colo. baker appeals order that he provide wedding cakes for gay couples
DENVER — A Lakewood, Colo., baker is appealing the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s order that he prepare wedding cakes for same-sex couples. Jack Phillips on Wednesday asked the Court of Appeals to reverse the May ruling by the Civil Rights Commission. Phillips was sued by a same-sex couple after he refused to make a cake to celebrate their wedding in 2012.
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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…