Frank McNulty
The shy but determined executive director of One Colorado, Brad Clark, will leave his post in September for another undisclosed job at another organization.
A Colorado Judiciary Committee hearing is underway at the state Capitol. Proponents of the bill have spoken for about two hours. Opponents will begin testifying shortly.
The stakes were high a year ago when the Colorado House Judiciary Committee met to discuss the Colorado Civil Union Act. Now, its mostly smooth sailing.
Three outside groups are working to ensure the political party that supports their position on the Colorado Civil Union Act is in power at the Colorado General Assembly after the November election. So far, the three committees have raised more than $300,000.
A group hoping to strip Speaker of the House Frank McNulty of his power raised $55,000 before going public with its intentions, campaign finance reports show.
LGBT community leaders are hoping a strategy to used in New York to unseat anti-gay lawmakers will work in Colorado. The group’s aim is to help elect leaders who will support civil unions.
“We are at an empasse at civil unions and that is not going to be resolved tonight,” Speaker of the House Frank McNulty said. “We attempted to work through several different scenarios.”
Past the point of no return: fate of Colorado civil union bill to be decided today by GOP leadership
The Colorado House of Representatives will have exactly 17 hours to either debate the Colorado Civil Union Act or let the clock run out on the bill that would establish legal protections for gay and lesbian Coloradans.
There’s light at the end of the tunnel for supporters of the Colorado Civil Union Act. But is it just the train? The bill that would establish civil unions here is in the hands of Republican leadership who oppose the bill.
If Colorado politics weren’t gay enough, it got a little more, err, fabulous Nov. 18,…
