Colorado

Colorado is home to over 13,000 same-sex couples. From 1990 to 2006, the number of same-sex couples in Colorado increased by 648%.Even though so many same-sex couples are living and coming out in Colorado, in 2006 Colorado voters approved an anti-marriage discriminatory constitutional amendment. State advocacy groups continue to work towards repealing marriage and relationship recognition discrimination and gaining the freedom to marry for the citizens of Colorado. As of the legislative session in 2009, gay couples in Colorado can access some protections and responsibilities at the state level.

Status: Some Protections for Couples, Anti-Marriage Constitutional Amendment
 
Groups Actively Working on Marriage

Equal Rights Colorado: the statewide organization promoting equal rights for Colorado's GLBT peopleand their families through non-partisan state legislative advocacy

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Massachusetts likens DOMA to Colorado initiative that Supreme Court struck down

For the second time in three weeks, a federal judge in Boston heard arguments in a lawsuit that asks the court to strike down a significant part of the federal so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Dobson’s successor, Daly, gives Focus on the Family new focus

Jim Daly of Focus on the Family: "There's a lot of people in the U.S. [who] basically come to the conclusion that this [the freedom to marry] is something between two adults. I will continue to defend traditional marriage, but I'm not going to demean human beings for the process."

The Lesson of Danny and Marilyn

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Resources Related to Colorado

Colorado Census Snapshot

Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Colorado.

Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the American Community Survey

Groundbreaking research showing a huge increase in same-sex couples identifying themselves as "unmarried partners".

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