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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 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…
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Joint Budget Committee votes to defund Colorado Civil Rights Commission
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Updated 3:00 p.m. with statement from the office of Gov. John Hickenlooper, lawmakers and the Colorado chapter of the ACLU. The Joint Budget Committee Thursday deadlocked over 2018-19 funding for the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the Division of Civil Rights, effectively killing the agency’s funding beginning July 1 if that decision is not reversed.…
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THE PODIUM: Jack Phillips at Masterpiece Cakeshop did not discriminate against gays
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It is a matter of record and an uncontested fact that the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood did not refuse to serve the two gay customers who entered his bakery in 2012. He gladly opened his doors and sold any displayed baked goods to all customers, including birthday cakes and special occasion creations. He…
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Cake shop owner is being coerced by arbitrary state authorities
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The government has no authority to compel you or me to promote messages or use our creative skills and talents to participate in events that violate our sincerely held beliefs. This is the main issue the U.S. Supreme Court heard today in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case that highlights that tolerance…
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Colorado politicos react to Supreme Court hearing on Masterpiece Cakeshop case
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Both sides agree it’s a question of rights but differ sharply whose rights should prevail under the law in a case argued Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court – whether it’s the baker and his religious beliefs or the same-sex couple and their right to be treated like any other customers. As the divisive case…
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Spinning a bigot into a ‘cake artist’
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If you’re trying to justify Jack Phillips’s refusal to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple, you have to be pretty creative, especially when Colorado law plainly says a bakery can’t discriminate against gays. How to do this? Phillips’ supporters are bending backwards, sideways, and forward to present the baker as a devout Christian “cake…