Posts Tagged Colorado

By Vanessa • 12 years ago

Colorado legislators kill civil unions bill

In the closest the state has come to legalizing civil unions, a special session in Colorado’s legislature effectively killed a bill that would have granted the right to same-sex couples before it even reached the House floor:

A measure allowing same-sex civil unions that prompted Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to call a special session after Republicans killed it last week may be defeated again later today.

On the first day of the new session, Colorado Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty assigned the bill to the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, a panel dominated by conservative members.

McNulty “sent it to state affairs, unfortunately known as his ‘kill’ committee,” said Democrat House Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino, the bill’s sponsor. “I’m going in knowing ...

In the closest the state has come to legalizing civil unions, a special session in Colorado’s legislature effectively killed a bill that would have granted the right to same-sex couples before it even reached ...
By Vanessa • 14 years ago

Anti-choice Tea Party ad makes me want to leave the country

You know, I would usually be against giving any attention to an ad of such complete deceit and shamelessness, but I honestly think the severity of the video calls for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Os0cwpCQE

Obama as the Angel of Death and the Joker? Come on guys, pick one scurry villain and stick with it! Seriously though, as preposterous as this ad is (um, that baby at the end made me nearly spit out my coffee), it’s also completely terrifying to think of the extreme lengths and blatant lies that these folks will make to get their message across. Again, the Angel of Death? Really?

What’s truly evil at hand here is that Colorado’s “Personhood” Amendment 62 would go as far as to force ...

You know, I would usually be against giving any attention to an ad of such complete deceit and shamelessness, but I honestly think the severity of the video calls for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Os0cwpCQE

Obama as the Angel of Death and ...
By Vanessa • 14 years ago

New anti-choice Tea Party ad makes me want to leave the country

You know, I would usually be against giving any attention to an ad of such complete deceit and shamelessness, but I honestly think the severity of the video calls for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Os0cwpCQE

Obama as the Angel of Death and the Joker? Come on guys, pick one scurry villain and stick with it! Seriously though, as preposterous as this ad is (um, that baby at the end made me nearly spit out my coffee), it’s also completely terrifying to think of the extreme lengths and blatant lies that these folks will make to get their message across. Again, the Angel of Death? Really?

What’s truly evil at hand here is that Colorado’s “Personhood” Amendment 62 would go as far as to force ...

You know, I would usually be against giving any attention to an ad of such complete deceit and shamelessness, but I honestly think the severity of the video calls for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Os0cwpCQE

Obama as the Angel of Death and ...