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Apr 16, 2014
Colorado Clergy and Faith Leaders from across the State Announce Their Support for the Freedom to Marry
Apr 14, 2014
Senate passes ban on long-term solitary confinement of inmates with serious mental illness
Statement of ACLU of Colorado Public Policy Director Denise Maes
Apr 11, 2014
Prepared Remarks of ACLU Deputy Director Stephen Meswarb on SB 14-175, the Reproductive Health Freedom Act
Apr 03, 2014
Watch Stephen Colbert skewer the mad scramble for "silent but deadly" executions
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The struggle to find drugs to carry out lethal injection has made headlines all over the country and was recently featured on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report.
Pharmaceutical companies who make these drugs have started to ban their sale for executions, and states are scrambling to find alternatives, with many dange
Apr 03, 2014
New Economic Study Finds Extending Marriage to Gay and Lesbian Couples in Colorado Would Add $50 Million to State Economy and $3.7 Million in State and Local Tax Revenue
· The state’s wedding business would see an increase by $40 million, and an increase of roughly $10 million in tourism expenditures made by out-of-town guests over the same period.
· Total state and local tax revenue would rise by $3.7 million, including an estimated $2.3 million in local sales taxes. The first year would produce $2 million of this spending.
· The boost in wedding spending will generate approximately 436 jobs in the state.
The report also takes into account the couples who have already celebrated their marriage elsewhere and the estimated 3,976 Colorado resident couples who have already entered into civil unions. If those couples marry without ceremonies, the economic impact will be smaller: roughly $32 million.
“We’ve already known that marriage would give committed couples here in Colorado the opportunity to make a lifetime promise to each other and protect their families the same way everyone else does,” said Dave Montez, Executive Director of One Colorado, the state’s leading advocacy group for LGBT Coloradans and their families. “Now we know that marriage equality would also benefit our economy and contribute to the state’s bot
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