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Federal judge allows Masterpiece Cakeshop baker’s lawsuit against Colorado to proceed
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A U.S. District Court judge in Denver is allowing a lawsuit filed against the state of Colorado by Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips to move forward, and hinted that an injunction against the state could be in the works. In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Wiley Y. Daniel wrote that the lawsuit,…
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Lamborn wants Justice Dept. to investigate Colo. civil rights agency
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Thursday called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Colorado Civil Rights Commission for what he calls its “anti-religious” bias in its dealings with Masterpiece Cakeshop baker Jack Phillips of Lakewood. The Colorado Springs Republican accused state civil rights officials of “an attempt to discredit (Phillips’) religious beliefs…
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Jack Phillips, Masterpiece Cakeshop in another dispute over alleged discrimination
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Jack Phillips, whose refusal to make a custom wedding cake for a gay couple went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, is back in the news again, with another discrimination complaint filed against the Lakewood baker. And Phillips and his attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom have returned fire with a lawsuit in federal…
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What Masterpiece ruling means for the Colorado Civil Rights Commission
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Monday’s U. S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Lakewood baker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop focused on the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, whose action against Phillips over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple was overturned by the high court. The narrowly focused Supreme Court ruling itself is likely…
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11th hour compromise over Colo. civil rights panel in legislature
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A bill reauthorizing Colorado’s Division of Civil Rights and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission – the subject of much contention during the 2018 Colorado legislative session – was sent on its way to the governor’s desk just before the final gavel fell Wednesday night. As a midnight deadline approached, a legislative conference committee worked out…
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Civil rights bill is heavily amended in Colo. Senate committee
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A bill reauthorizing the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and Division of Civil Rights went through a four-hour hearing in the Colorado legislature Wednesday that drew dozens of witnesses, most opposing a slew of amendments planned by the bill’s sponsor, Republican state Sen. Bob Gardner of Colorado Springs. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” said several.…
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House Republicans vote against bill continuing Civil Rights Division and Commission
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DENVER – All but two members of the Colorado House Republican caucus Wednesday voted against a bill to continue the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and Colorado Commission on Civil Rights. The 36-26 vote, which drew only two Republican votes in favor, signals the real fight: when House Bill 1256 reaches the Republican-majority Senate, and all-but-assured Republican changes…
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Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission on shoals of bitter political divide
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It was founded nearly 70 years ago, before the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, and has its roots in an early state anti-discrimination law that dates back to 1895. But now the state’s Civil Rights Commission is facing major changes to its mandate and authority – thanks in large part to the Lakewood baker…
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Colorado House Republicans offer amendments to remake civil rights commission
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The House Judiciary Committee Tuesday voted 10-1 to draft a bill to extend the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and the civil rights commission for nine more years. House Republicans offered six amendments that attempted to make sweeping changes to the commission, without success. All of the Republican amendments failed on a 4-7 party-line vote. The…
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Colorado Senate President Kevin Grantham weighs in on civil rights controversy
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Colorado Senate President Kevin Grantham of Cañon City weighed in Monday morning on the controversy over the continued existence of the state Division of Civil Rights and Civil Rights Commission. Last week, the Joint Budget Committee deadlocked 3-3 on vote to fund the agency, which is part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies, for the 2018-19…
