pridefest
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Ethics panel gives green light to state judges participating in PrideFest
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s ethics advisory panel gave its blessing to state judges who would like to attend LGBTQ pride festivals and even march with a legal association in pride parades. A March 25 opinion from the Colorado Judicial Ethics Advisory Board responded to an anonymous judge who regularly attended and marched in pride parades…
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Coffman says she’d sign bill repealing ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation
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DENVER – Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican candidate for governor, told a GOP group last week she would sign a bill removing protection based on sexual orientation from Colorado’s anti-discrimination law. Her remarks drew criticism from the state’s leading LGBTQ-advocacy organization, but Coffman later said she meant she would repeal the protection only if…
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Denver Republican Party chairman hears from White House after incident at LGBT pride parade
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Denver Republican Party Chairman Jake Viano can scratch a big item off his bucket list. On Monday, he received a phone call from the White House to thank him and GOP volunteers for remaining calm during an altercation with a protester at Sunday’s PrideFest Parade in Denver. “I was really stunned,” Viano told Colorado Politics.…
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Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman hails equality in Colorado at LGBT pride rally
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Colorado has some of the nation’s toughest non-discrimination laws but still has work to do, Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said at a Denver rally for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered equality Sunday. Coffman, the lone Republican on a stage filled with Democratic elected officials and candidates, told the crowd she could also be the only…
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Masked protester accosts Denver Republicans displaying Trump quote at Colorado LGBT pride parade
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A masked protester accosted Denver Republicans preparing to take part in Sunday’s annual PrideFest Parade, yelling obscenities while attempting to remove a banner featuring a Donald Trump quotation from the county party’s parade entry, the party’s chairman told Colorado Politics. “We were prepared for a lot of hateful rhetoric,” Denver County Republican Chairman Jake…
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Colorado Senate’s Guzman stresses equality, remembrance on eve of Denver’s PrideFest
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With Denver preparing for its annual PrideFest celebration of the LGBTQ community, Colorado Senate Democrats marked the occasion with a press release and greeting from Senate Democratic Minority Leader Lucia Guzman. The press statement notes: This weekend, hundreds of thousands will turn out in the city of Denver for PrideFest. While it will be a…
