{"id":27751,"date":"2012-05-04T17:08:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T23:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/04\/another-step-closer-on-colorado-civil-unions.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:24:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:24:24","slug":"another-step-closer-on-colorado-civil-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/04\/another-step-closer-on-colorado-civil-unions.html","title":{"rendered":"Another step closer on Colorado civil unions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knocking on wood …<\/p>\n

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Colorado civil unions bill clears second committee<\/b><\/p>\n

Rep. Don Beezley of Broomfield today joined with Democrats on the House Finance Committee to support Senate Bill 2, which would allow gay-couples to enter into civil unions.<\/p>\n

"If we have more long-term commited loving strong family relationships, I think it would be good for our state and our country," he said afterward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0For the second time in two days, a Republican lawmaker who isn\u001bt running for re-election cast the deciding vote in moving a civil-unions bill forward.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Knocking on wood … Reshared post from +The Denver Post Colorado civil unions bill clears second committee Rep. Don Beezley of Broomfield today joined with Democrats on the House Finance Committee to support Senate Bill 2, which would allow gay-couples to enter into civil unions. 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John HickenlooperColorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed a civil unions bill into law, which will allow same-sex couples to form civil unions beginning\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32791,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/11\/civil-unions-in-colorado.html","url_meta":{"origin":27751,"position":1},"title":"Civil Unions in Colorado","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 11-Mar-13 10:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's about damn time.Oh, and to the GOP rep who lamented, \"\"It infringes the free exercise of religion and moral conscience\" because it doesn't allow individuals and groups to discriminate against gays\u00a0because they think God is telling them to do so ... you are precisely the reason so many people\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27832,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/09\/stupid-stupid-gop-rat-creatures.html","url_meta":{"origin":27751,"position":2},"title":"Stupid, stupid GOP rat creatures","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-May-12 6:33am","format":false,"excerpt":"There were enough votes in the Colorado state legislature -- Democrat and GOP alike -- to pass a civil unions bill. 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