{"id":43418,"date":"2014-07-09T20:05:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T02:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/09\/marriage-equality-comes-another-big-step-closer-in-colorado.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:13:25","slug":"marriage-equality-comes-another-big-step-closer-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/09\/marriage-equality-comes-another-big-step-closer-in-colorado.html","title":{"rendered":"Marriage equality comes another big step closer in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ironically, "civil unions," intended to get around Colorado's constitutional ban on gay marriage, were cited as evidence of unequal protection of the law in the ruling. The judge immediately stayed the decision, as the whole issue wends its way through federal courts and up to SCOTUS.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Scott M. Baron<\/a><\/span>)\ufeff<\/div>\n

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Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban shouldn’t stand, judge rules<\/a>
\n A state judge struck down Colorado’s ban on same-sex marriage, but he prevented gay and lesbian couples from immediately marrying by staying his decision.\n <\/p>\n

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Ironically, "civil unions," intended to get around Colorado's constitutional ban on gay marriage, were cited as evidence of unequal protection of the law in the ruling. The judge immediately stayed the decision, as the whole issue wends its way through federal courts and up to SCOTUS. (h\/t +Scott M. 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