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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.
A Republican lawmaker who supported a civil unions bill was defeated by a more conservative opponent.
Financed by a network of donors from across the country, leaders of the community coupled with a progressive coalition — including statewide LGBT advocacy organization One Colorado — will zero in on a handful of races they plan to win, giving the Democratic Party at least 36 seats in the House, according to multiple sources.
“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.
The Colorado state Senate gave its final approval April 26 to a bill that would…
Six years ago, it was love at first sight, Fred says. “Well, third sight.” Where? The Log Cabin Republican national convention. Michael was the president of the Chicago chapter. And Fred was the president of the Cleveland chapter. They’re legally-committed gay Republicans.
When we last met, we were discussing GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s Colorado surge. Tens…
