Nine couples seek to overturn Colorado's gay marriage ban

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Nine Colorado gay couples have filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court seeking to overturn Colorado's Constitutional ban on gay marriages.

Currently Colorado permits civil unions but the state Constitution bans gay marriage. The lawsuit filed Wednesday names Gov. John Hickenlooper and Denver City Clerk Debra Johnson as defendants.

"Colorado law creates two classes of citizens: those free to marry the person they love, and those denied that fundamental right," the suit says. "Same-sex couples in Colorado are relegated to a second-class level of citizenship that denies their relationships the full panoply of rights enjoyed by married opposite-sex couples."

Even same-sex couples who have been validly married in other states are stripped of their marital status when they enter the state of Colorado, the suit says.


http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_25180991/nine-couples-seek-overturn-colorados-marriage-ban

[shenmue]

1. Go! Go! Go!

[joeybee12]

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[bluedigger]

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