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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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THE PODIUM | Colorado’s Bennet, Gardner must scrutinize court pick on LGBTQ rights
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In a few short weeks, the nation will be watching closely as the U.S. Senate begins its confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been tapped by President Trump as the replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy. If confirmed to the highest court in the land, Kavanaugh would be tasked with immediately deciding…
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MARK HILLMAN | Hold government accountable — and call off the culture wars
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COMMENTARY: This is part of our series of contributed essays, “Imagine a Great Colorado.” See below for more. Colorado’s Western spirit has long embodied a live-and-let-live creed that respects personal freedom and preserves the citizens’ control over government, both firmly rooted in the Colorado Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Those principles exist in constant tension as…
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Colorado politicos react to Trump’s pick of Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
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k.vineys President Trump’s selection of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court brought swift yet predictable reactions from Colorado politicos Monday night. Kavanaugh would succeed retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered a moderate swing vote on the high court. The nominee’s rulings in the lower courts suggest a move to the right for the Supreme Court.…
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Colorado gets 2 dozen new laws, new budget Sunday
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From squatters to swatters and $29 billion, the Colorado state budget and 25 laws take effect Sunday. They are the products of the 120-day legislative session that ended in May, when lawmakers passed 432 rules and regulations – about 60 percent of those introduced after the session began in January – and Gov. John Hickenlooper…
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‘I wish you knew Jack. I think you’d really like him’
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Jack Phillips – the man at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court’s hotly debated ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop – is a good, decent, and honorable man. You likely won’t discover that if you google Jack or his case. Instead, you’ll all too often find unflattering portrayals based on ugly stereotypes about people of faith. Nothing…
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Tony winner Andrew Garfield slices into Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling
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Actor Andrew Garfield called for greater tolerance and referenced a Colorado case June 10 while accepting a Tony Award for his role as Prior Walter, a gay man with AIDS, in a new production of “Angels in America.” “We are all sacred and we all belong. Let’s just bake a cake for everyone who wants…
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SLOAN | Supreme Court’s ruling was narrow — and properly so
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It is a good thing that the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Masterpiece Bakery case was not really intended to put any part of the underlying argument to rest, because it certainly did not. What it did do was jerk the reins on institutionalized anti-religious bias and exhibit rare and welcome self-restraint on the part of…
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WATCH: Ex-official singled out in Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling speaks out
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Diann Rice is the former Colorado Civil Rights Commissioner called out by the U.S. Supreme Court this week in the Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling. The justices cited what they called Rice’s hostility to a Lakewood cake baker’s religion in siding with him, and in not making what could have been a landmark anti-discrimination ruling. Jack Phillips…
