Activists say Obama got off to a slow start as president on their priority issues, but he won many over by repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the military and by instructing the Justice Department to stop defending in court a federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
“This isn’t the end,” said One Colorado Executive Director Brad Clark. “Every option is on the table. There are thousands of gays and lesbians building families around the state and we need these protections, and we’re going to do everything we can.”