Ask Amy: Woman has transitioned from happy wife to “old maid”
Dear Amy: I am a healthy and vibrant 40-year-old woman in a same-sex marriage. After only six months of marriage, I feel like an old maid. My wife and I have suffered a lot of turmoil in a short time,...
View ArticleWedding cake is an “artistic expression” that baker may deny to same-sex...
Forcing a baker to provide a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage over her religious objections violates her right to free speech, a California judge has ruled. “A wedding cake is not just a cake in a...
View ArticleWhy Trump went after Bezos: Two billionaires across a cultural divide
Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos inhabit very different worlds. The president is a staunch bricks-and-mortar man who made his fortune building towers and dealing with blue-collar workers. The founder of the...
View ArticleU.S. Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as Trump’s next secretary of state
WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as secretary of state Thursday despite lingering objections from Democrats who have questioned his record of hawkish policy positions and past...
View ArticleMormon Church breaks all ties with Boy Scouts, ending 100-year relationship
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it will sever all ties with the Boy Scouts of America, ending a century-old tradition deeply ingrained in the religious life of Mormon boys....
View ArticleMore LGBTQ issues loom as Supreme Court justices near wedding cake decision
WASHINGTON — A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court decision on Colorado’s Masterpiece Cakeshop case won’t be...
WASHINGTON — A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court hands victory to Colorado baker in landmark clash over...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took the side of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because of his own religious objections to same-sex marriage. But the...
View ArticleTimeline: Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling by U.S. Supreme Court has been six...
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Lakewood baker who refused to make a same-sex couple a wedding cake, citing strongly held religious beliefs, ending a six-year case. The decision...
View ArticleRally at Colorado State Capitol calls for “pro-equality” candidates after...
A determined pro-equality group gathered at the State Capitol Monday evening calling for resolve and unity following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case a Lakewood baker who refused to make a...
View ArticleWhere does Colorado baker Jack Phillips’ religious freedom end and...
WASHINGTON — Colorado baker Jack Phillips wants to start making wedding cakes again, but court experts are far from united on what kind of legal landscape he would face if he once more refused to do...
View ArticleJustices won’t hear case of anti-gay marriage florist
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is ordering Washington courts to take a new look at the case of a florist who refused to provide services for the wedding of two men because of her religious...
View ArticleMasterpiece Cakeshop owner sues Hickenlooper, claiming religious persecution...
The owner of a cake shop sued Gov. John Hickenlooper and other state officials late Tuesday, reigniting a debate over religious freedoms in the public square. Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop...
View ArticleEditorial: Colorado’s election of Jared Polis as governor a remarkable...
Congressman Jared Polis quietly made history Tuesday night. Early results indicate Colorado voters have made him the first openly gay governor to win election in America. Polis’ sexual orientation was...
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Gov. John Hickenlooper’s legacy: Compromises, a booming economy and a shift...
During the final weeks of the vitriolic 2018 election, Gov. John Hickenlooper offered some affable advice to a group of a few dozen Coloradans who had gathered at a workshop to discuss America’s...
View ArticleBoulder County Courthouse named to register of historic places related to...
Mark Holdbrooks was a 16-year-old gay kid in 1975, living in a small town south of Birmingham, Ala., and he was the only person who knew he was gay. When he read an article in The Birmingham News that...
View ArticleGay Methodist clergy in Colorado vow to remain “out and loud” after church...
After the vote came down Tuesday at the United Methodist Church’s general conference in St. Louis, Greenwood Village-based Bishop Karen Oliveto looked around the room. She saw bishops crying. Consoling...
View ArticleMormons to allow baptisms, blessings for children of LGBT parents, reversing...
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post Children of LGBT parents will be allowed to be blessed or baptized, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints declared in a new policy on Thursday,...
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University of Colorado regent says presidential announcement rushed: “We need...
University of Colorado officials say a North Dakota newspaper article forced them to rush their public unveiling of presidential finalist Mark R. Kennedy, with one regent suggesting the former...
View ArticleCU presidential pick a capable leader who makes tough decisions — yet is...
Two former GOP politicians with strong ties to the University of North Dakota were each hot-and-cold on Friday when discussing University of Colorado presidential finalist Mark R. Kennedy’s time...
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