John Hickenlooper

Anti-LGBTQ baker sues civil rights commission after he refuses to serve a trans customer

Phillips believes the government is persecuting him for enforcing longstanding civil rights law that he has repeatedly broken.

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Colorado GOP strips state civil rights commission of funding over wedding cake ruling

The case of a baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple is now in front of the Supreme Court and GOP legislators are seeking vengeance.

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Colo. gay lawmakers want same-sex marriage ban overturned immediately

DENVER -- Saying further delays are pointless, gay lawmakers Thursday called for Colorado's same-sex marriage ban to be declared unconstitutional and for such a ruling to be effective immediately. The lawmakers made the comments a day…

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Colorado officials ask court to declare same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

DENVER -- Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican Attorney General John Suthers asked a federal court Wednesday to issue an injunction declaring Colorado's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. But they want the court to delay implementation of…

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Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper announces his support for marriage equality

DENVER -- Gov. John Hickenlooper has, for the first time publicly, announced his support for same-sex marriage.

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Colo. governor signs bill allowing joint tax-filing for married same-sex couples

DENVER -- Colorado gay couples who are married in another state and in a civil union in Colorado can now file joint state tax returns.

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Colorado governor signs same-sex civil unions bill into law

DENVER — A bill that would legalize civil unions for gay couples in Colorado was signed into law on Thursday, less than a year after the proposal was blocked in the House by Republicans who opposed

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Colorado governor to sign same-sex civil unions bill into law Thursday

DENVER — Civil unions for gay couples in Colorado will be signed into law Thursday, less than a year after the proposal was blocked in the House by Republicans who opposed it.

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Colorado governor calls for passage of same-sex civil unions bill

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, in his third State of the State address, called for civil union legislation to be passed this year.

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Colorado governor to call special session for Assembly to resolve civil union measure

DENVER -- The Governor of Colorado on Wednesday said he’ll call the state General Assembly to a special session to take up the unresolved issue of the Colorado Civil Union Act.

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