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02-14-2008, 02:12 PM
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| Banned  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles Gender:  Posts: 11,893 Country: 
 |  Colorado lesbians mount an attack on traditional marriage Attacks on marriage just keep on coming........ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/us..._r=1&th&emc=th 2 Sue to Void Ban on Same-Sex Marriage By DAN FROSCH Published: February 14, 2008 DENVER — A lesbian couple from nearby Englewood are seeking to overturn Colorado’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, in what is thought to be the first challenge to the 2006 ballot initiative that established it. The couple, Kate Burns and Sheila Schroeder, appeared Wednesday before Judge James B. Breese of Denver County Court to face a trespassing charge stemming from a brief sit-in they staged on Sept. 24, when, accompanied by their minister, they were refused a marriage license from the Denver Clerk and Recorder Office. Judge Breese set a trial date of April 14. Earlier this week, Ms. Burns and Ms. Schroeder filed a motion with the court claiming that Amendment 43, which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman, violated their constitutional right to equal protection. The measure was approved by 55 percent of Colorado voters 15 months ago. “The American system does not allow for the tyranny of the majority,” said the couple’s lawyer, Mari Newman. “Marriage is a fundamental right, which should be for all Coloradans, not just some Coloradans.” Nine states and the District of Columbia afford a variety of benefits to gay and lesbian couples, but only Massachusetts allows same-sex marriage. Twenty-six states have constitutional bans on same-sex marriage, whose legality is also being weighed by the highest courts of Connecticut, California and Iowa. Ms. Burns, 44, who works for the University of Denver’s digital media studies program, and Ms. Schroeder, 43, an assistant professor of mass communications and journalism studies at the university, have been together five years. The couple say their case is emblematic of discrimination faced by gay and lesbian couples throughout the country | |||||||||||||||||||||
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02-14-2008, 02:50 PM
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| *Premium Member*   Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Haven, CT Gender: Posts: 8,764 Country: 
 | I missed the part where they were trying to abolish "traditional marriage" - could you highlight that part please. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Conservatism: Self-centered mean-spiritedness fueled by ignorance and misguided self-importance. Bigotry is a social disease. Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage." | |||||||||||||||||||||
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02-14-2008, 09:53 PM
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| Council Member   Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago 'burbs Gender:  Posts: 1,594 Country:
| I didn't know about this one, and I thought I was following this issue pretty closely. Great news! Best of luck ladies... keep up the good fight! | |||||||||||||||||||||
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02-15-2008, 09:34 AM
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02-15-2008, 09:53 PM
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| Ever been to Colorado? I think it's the sort of place to bring out the lesbian in all of us. If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again and then quit. There’s no sense in making a damned fool of yourself. – W.C. Fields | |||||||||||||||||||||
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