http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/group_rss/GLBTProgressives Starting with Amendment 2 in 1992, Colorado became ground zero of the GLBT civil rights movement. This is the place for GLBT people and their allies to discuss strategies, plan events, and mobilize action. ACTION ITEMS Letters to the editor - Equality for all Write a letter to the editor to encourage everyone to take a stand for equality and against hate. Write your state officials - Equality Write a letter to your state representative and senator urging them to take a stand for equality and against hate by supporting domestic partnership legislation. Wednesday, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act , a bill that has been championed mainly by Democratic members of Congress for over a decade in the face of largely Republican opposition based on hideous lies from legalizing pedophilia to canceling the free exercise clause. Somewhat lost in the celebration and remembrance of Matthew Shepard, the bill's namesake, was the story of Angie Zapata, an 18 year-old transgender woman from Greeley. She was brutally beaten to death with a fire extinguisher and left for dead just over a year ago because, as the thug who murdered confessed, "gay things must die." “It’s not like I went up to a school teacher and shot her in the head or killed a straight, law-abiding citizen," he boasted to his girlfriend in a jailhouse-recorded phone conversation. And if he were to ever encounter a gay person in prison, he proclaimed that he would kill that "pink-shirt wearing motherfucker." http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZRz http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZRz/commentary#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:14:32 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZRz Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZRz/   There's an election on Tuesday!  If you vote by mail and haven't turned your ballot in yet, hand-deliver your ballot to your County Clerk's office Monday or Tuesday to ensure that it's received in time for your vote to count. Your county may have more than one possible drop-off location for your convenience. If you haven't received your ballot yet, contact your county clerk to find out how to obtain a replacement ballot. Below, we've included some other information that may help. Whether you're liberal, conservative, progressive, libertarian, or a completely unaffiliated free spirit,  vote . The elections in odd years involve local issues from school boards to city council to county commissioner. There may also be bond issues, initiatives, and referenda--all very local to your city or county. Although elections call to mind voting for President, Governor, and legislature, the fact is that most of what affects our daily lives happens locally. Our schools, our city streets, our zoning boards, even our trash collection are all local issues. If you don't exercise your right to vote in these local elections, you will miss the best opportunity you will have this year to affect change for yourself and your family. Helpful Information According to the Secretary of State, there is an election in every Colorado county except Archuleta, Hinsdale, and Phillips. Most Colorado counties have an all-mail election this year. If you have not received a ballot or information on where to vote, contact your county clerk right away. Your ballot must be  received  by your county clerk no later than 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd for your vote to be counted. Postmarks don't count. If you already voted by mail, you can make sure your ballot was received on the Secretary of State's secure voter lookup website: https://www.sos.state.co.us/Voter/secuVoterHome.do If your county has a polling place election, your polling place may not be in the same location as last year. Contact your County Clerk if you are not sure where you should vote. If you need to contact your county clerk for any of the above reasons, you can find your county clerk's contact information here: http://www.elections.colorado.gov/Default.aspx?PageMenuID=1397 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZR8 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZR8/commentary#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:58:07 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZR8 Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZR8/ If Initiative 300 in Denver passes, and you forget your wallet and get pulled over, police officers will be forced to impound your car leaving you stranded. Which is why we're asking for your help. We need you to vote  No on Initiative 300 if you live in Denver County. It's deceptive. It's scary. It's expensive. And it's unnecessary. Police officers already have the ability to impound vehicles if they are concerned about public safety. The Denver Post , Mayor Hickenlooper, ten members of the Denver City Council, House Speaker Terrence Carroll, and a long list of Denver community organizations and individuals oppose Initiative 300 . And the proponents of this nightmare are counting on low turnout in an off-year election to sneak this one past us. What can you do? Send an e-mail to 5 friends in Denver and ask them to vote no. Talk to your friends, neighbors, and co-workers in person about how important it is for them to return their ballots, and ask them to vote no on Initiative 300. Sign up to volunteer . As for voting, the 2009 Election will be Mail-In Ballot only. Voting couldn't be easier-- it just takes 2 stamps to return, or you can drop it off to the Denver Election Commission in person. So please Vote NO on Initiative 300 and help spread the word. If you live in Denver, you should have received your ballot in the mail. To check on your voter registration and on the status of your ballot, click here to look it up at the Secretary of State: http://www.sos.state.co.us/Voter If you believe you are registered to vote and you have not received your ballot, call 311 today . http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZnR http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZnR/commentary#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:34:37 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZnR Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZnR/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115471915685 During the last several months LGBT couples have been harassed, threatened and even arrested in Texas and Utah for public displays of affection. In December, two women in San Antonio were arrested for “making out.” In El Paso, on June 29, at a Chico’s Tacos restaurant two men were handcuffed and threatened with arrest by police after one kissed the other on the cheek. On July 10, in Salt Lake City, two men were detained by security guards of the Mormon Church, and then arrested by police: > http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/02/04/2009-02-04_kissing_is_no_crime_say_women_arrested_i-1.html > http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_12790543 > http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12811907 Anyone should be able to kiss whomever they want, whenever and wherever they want. Therefore, bloggers David Badash and David Mailloux, and Join the Impact’s Willow Witte, have organized the Great Nationwide Kiss-In: http://www.bilerico.com/2009/08/great_nationwide_kiss-in.php In Denver, the Kiss-In will take place on the 16th Street Mall between Glenarm and Tremont (on the median between the shuttle lanes) at noon on Saturday August 15th (with set-up at 11:40 am). Same-gender and mixed-gender couples are invited to help us send a fun, upbeat and g-rated message we should never be afraid of brief, unimposing displays of affection. There's not enough love and affection in the world. ALL members of the LGBTQQIA community are welcome to participate by holding signs, handing out fliers, and acting as peacekeepers. Following the kiss-in the group will take a walk down the 16th Street Mall to a picnic at Skyline Park (Arapahoe/16th) behind the clock tower. (Food can be purchased at The Corner Bakery and several other casual eateries in the immediate vicinity.) We are designing event t-shirts. Please send orders to Joshua Dannemann at ellipsysis@live.com. The cost will not exceed $10/ea. Other questions: 303-800-5664 or soulforceincolorado@gmail.com http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CZRn http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CZRn/commentary#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:12:06 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CZRn Christopher Hubble http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/c96a9899386e1ca4e1_4xm6ii5hv.jpg Christopher Hubble 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZRn/ In each of our lives, we experience moments of shock that we will never forget. When Kennedy was shot in 1963. When the Challenger exploded over Florida in 1986. For me, it was when 21 year-old Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to a fence, and left for dead on a cold October night in 1998. Matt was killed because he was gay. It sent chills of terror through the gay and lesbian community because the message was clear: you're next . Matt's murder sparked a national movement to amend the federal hate crimes law to include crimes motivated by sexual orientation, gender, or disability. After ten years, that change in law is finally in sight. Tonight, the U.S. Senate will vote on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Both Senator Mark Udall and Senator Michael Bennet are cosponsors of this bill. The House version of the bill passed earlier this year with the support of six Colorado Representatives, and President Obama has committed to signing it. Will you sign our virtual thank-you card to the members of the Colorado delegation who support this important law? http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/HateCrimesThanks Angie Zapata was an 18 year-old transgender woman from Greeley who had just moved into her first apartment on her own. She was murdered--in her killer's own words--because " all gay things need to die ." http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZNv http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZNv/commentary#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:43:14 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZNv Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZNv/ Read this piece from Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic . It's pretty biting, and yet there's nothing I can see with it that is untrue. What's wrong with this picture? Here we are, in the summer of 2009, with gay servicemembers still being fired for the fact of their orientation. Here we are, with marriage rights spreading through the country and world and a president who cannot bring himself even to acknowledge these breakthroughs in civil rights, and having no plan in any distant future to do anything about it at a federal level. Here I am, facing a looming deadline to be forced to leave my American husband for good, and relocate abroad because the HIV travel and immigration ban remains in force and I have slowly run out of options (unlike most non-Americans with HIV who have no options at all). And what is Obama doing about any of these things? What is he even intending at some point to do about these things? So far as I can read the administration, the answer is: nada. We're firing Arab linguists? So sorry. We won't recognize in any way a tiny minority of legally married couples in several states because they're, ugh, gay? We had no idea. There's a ban on HIV-positive tourists and immigrants? Really? Thanks for letting us know. Would you like to join Joe Solmonese and John Berry for cocktails? The inside of the White House is fabulous these days. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxk http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxk/commentary#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 14:24:10 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxk Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZxk/ Editor's note: the roll-call vote shows that GOP Rep. Mike Coffman did in fact vote for the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. We regret the error and thank Rep. Coffman for his support. By a vote of 249 to 175, the House of Representatives just passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. All of Colorado's Democratic representatives voted for the bill. Watch Representative Polis speak during the debate, it's very good: Watch Representative Markey speak in favor of the bill (she rocks!) http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxF http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxF/commentary#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:12:48 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxF Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZxF/ The trial of Angie Zapata's accused murderer Allen Andrade has reached a milestone in that the prosecution has rested its case. So far we've heard all kinds of heinous testimony and evidence of hatred and violence in this case. You can follow the rest of the trial on AngieZapata.com include live updates viw Twitter from the courtroom from Pam's House Blend blogger Autumn Sandeen and the Greeley Tribune, all aggregated on this site. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxc http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxc/commentary#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:46:39 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CZxc Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 2 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZxc/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In response to the growing equality movement in California and across the country, community organizers are issuing a call for the use of nonviolent civil disobedience to further the cause. This call comes at a time when the equality movement is energized surrounding the upcoming California Supreme Court decision on the validity of Proposition 8. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CZgT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CZgT/commentary#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:53:47 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CZgT Christopher Hubble http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/c96a9899386e1ca4e1_4xm6ii5hv.jpg Christopher Hubble 1 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZgT/ Hello Friends, Two quick notes... 1) Soulforce in Colorado is in the early stages of organizing a dialogue event with an inter-religious dialogue class at Naropa in Boulder. This will be an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in practicing nonviolent communication. The event will occur from 7-9 pm on a Tuesday or Thursday evening sometime in April. Please let me know if you might be interested. 2) We are also beginning to plan for future marriage equality direct actions in Denver and elsewhere throughout Colorado. If you or anyone you know would like to help organize a sit-in and/or civil disobedience for marriage equality, please let me know. There will be more info available at our planning meeting on Saturday, March 21, 2009, 1-3 pm at The GLBT Center of Colorado (1050 Broadway in Denver). Chris 303-800-5664 cahubble08@gmail.com http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQsT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQsT/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:55:18 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQsT Christopher Hubble http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/c96a9899386e1ca4e1_4xm6ii5hv.jpg Christopher Hubble 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQsT/ Hello Friends, Two quick notes... 1) Soulforce in Colorado is in the early stages of organizing a dialogue event with an inter-religious dialogue class at Naropa in Boulder. This will be an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in practicing nonviolent communication. The event will occur from 7-9 pm on a Tuesday or Thursday evening sometime in April. Please let me know if you might be interested. 2) We are also beginning to plan for future marriage equality direct actions in Denver and elsewhere throughout Colorado. If you or anyone you know would like to help organize a sit-in and/or civil disobedience for marriage equality, please let me know. There will be more info available at our planning meeting on Saturday, March 21, 2009, 1-3 pm at The GLBT Center of Colorado (1050 Broadway in Denver). Chris 303-800-5664 cahubble08@gmail.com http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQsm http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQsm/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:50:05 EDT http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQsm Christopher Hubble http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/c96a9899386e1ca4e1_4xm6ii5hv.jpg Christopher Hubble 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQsm/ Click here to tell Scott Renfroe what you think! On the floor of the State Senate yesterday, Senator Scott Renfroe (R-Greeley) actually referred to gay and lesbian people as an "abomination" and an "offense to God."   It gets worse: Renfroe equated gay and lesbian people with murderers and quoted the Book of Leviticus suggesting that gay people should be put to death. He also said that women were created to be "helpers" for men, quoting the Book of Genesis. Renfroe was referring to Senate Bill 88, a bill that would extend healthcare coverage to the same-sex partners of state employees. SB 88 is about healthcare. It's about gaining some measure of equality for gay and lesbian state employees. And regardless of how people like James Dobson and Scott Renfroe feel about gay people, their shameless hate-mongering has no place in public debate and we should reject them completely. Respond to Scott Renfroe . http://www.ProgressNowColorado.org/NoHateState And please also forward this email to your friends and urge them to sign as well. ProgressNow Colorado will deliver your comments by the end of the week. Sincerely, Bobby Clark Deputy Director http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9r http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9r/commentary#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:31:41 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9r Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 1 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ9r/ The British government has put a halt to the Fred Phelps sideshow before it has even begun: The Phelpses, whose protests at military members’ funerals in the U.S. have prompted lawsuits and legislation, apparently had planned to fly to the United Kingdom to protest a performance of “The Laramie Project.” The play about the death of Matthew Shepard, a gay student who was killed in 1998 in Laramie, Wyo., is scheduled to open today at Queen Mary’s College in Basingstoke, Hampshire. “Both these individuals have engaged in unacceptable behavior by inciting hatred against a number of communities,” a U.K. Border Agency spokesman told the Times Online, the online site of The Times of London. “The government has made it clear it opposes extremism in all its forms.” In America, the Phelpses have a Constitutional right to free expression, something I and others have repeatedly defended here on this blog . Swastika Guy and Michelle Malkin , too, are certainly welcome to exercise their right to free expression as guaranteed by the Constitution, as we reserve our own right to combat their speech with free speech of our own. It is tremendously disrespectful to the memory of 6 million dead Jews, gays, and other so-called "undesirables" during the Holocaust, not to mention the 400,000+ Americans who lost their lives fighting in World War II to cheapen their legacy by comparing a mainstream American politician to Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, or any of their associated political ideologies. People on the right who call President Obama a socialist don't know what socialism is. People on the right or left who would call President Obama or Bush a Nazi don't know what the word means. I don't care where the comparison occurs, whether it's on the steps of our State Capitol or on this community blog where anyone can create an account and write for free, it's wrong. So please stop it. http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9X http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9X/commentary#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:33:49 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9X Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ9X/ Courtesy of 9News : http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9J http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9J/commentary#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:57:39 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9J Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 2 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ9J/ Because I'm just that twisted, I subscribe to all of the right-wing e-mail lists to see what they are saying about us. This week's gem comes from "Christian" news source OneNewsNow , dated February 13th, about a woman who was allegedly kicked off the basketball team at Central Michigan University for being heterosexual. More interesting than the content of the story is the included poll in which 63.4% of over 30,000 respondents indicated that their number one issue with the story is that only the far right is covering it and that "the mainstream media would be all over this if the roles were reversed," The only problem with that is that the mainstream media was "all over this" long before OneNewsNow picked it up . http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9g http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9g/commentary#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:54:42 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQ9g Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 2 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ9g/ Hello Friends, Please join Soulforce in Colorado for a rap session on Saturday, March 21, 1-3 pm at The GLBT Center of Colorado (1050 Broadway in Denver) to talk about goals for 2009 and beyond. Anyone who cares about "Freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from religious & political oppression through the practice of relentless nonviolent resistance" is welcome to attend. In between now and the meeting, let these three videos from Chicago motivate you to dream about what we can do here in Colorado… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpqdzetAUCE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6LfdInfK8M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P127n3Ocuzg Namaste, Christopher Hubble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoulforceInColorado/ cahubble08@gmail.com 303-800-5664 "When the bamboo forest goes, with it goes the sound of the flute." Hindu Proverb http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQ9C http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQ9C/commentary#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:58:56 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/christopherhubble/CQ9C Christopher Hubble http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/c96a9899386e1ca4e1_4xm6ii5hv.jpg Christopher Hubble 2 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ9C/ Right now, with just one phone call or e-mail, we can help reduce the number of uninsured in Colorado and help our state move towards equality for same-sex couples.  Can you help? Sen. Jennifer Veiga introduced Senate Bill 88 – Domestic Partner Benefits, which would allow state employees to apply for health insurance for their partners. Please contact your state senator and ask him or her to vote yes on Domestic Partner Benefits . We have to act fast. Focus on the Family is already begging their vast network of right-wing zealots to contact their senators, claiming this bill somehow undermines marriage. We can't let them control the debate on this. SB 88 is not about marriage. It's about health insurance and fairness—two items everyone can support. Please, show your support. Contact your senator now and urge them to say yes to SB 88 – Domestic Partner Benefits . http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQk7 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQk7/commentary#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:29:09 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQk7 Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQk7/ Saddleback Pastor and Obama inaugural invocation selectee Rick Warren recorded a new video, originally posted to his web site, in which he accuses gays of having "Christ-ophobia"--claiming that all gays are "afraid of any Christian." Does he not know that gays and lesbians are Christians in just about the same proportion as the rest of America? http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQD4 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQD4/commentary#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:39:27 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQD4 Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 3 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQD4/ President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his January 20th inauguration. Pastor Warren is on record comparing same-sex relationships to incest, pedophilia, and polygamy. In an interview airing this week about the controversy, Warren equated homosexuality to addiction, immaturity, and promiscuity. ProgressNow's question to you is should Barack Obama chose someone else to give the invocation? Watch the video and share your views by clicking here: http://www.progressnowaction.org/RickWarren http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQDz http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQDz/commentary#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:32:25 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQDz Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 4 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQDz/ Last week, a poll released by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) showed that more than 80% of Coloradans now support some recognition of same-sex couples in Colorado. The Denver Post responded to that news with an editorial urging Colorado's legislature to take action in the 2009 legislative session. What do you think? Is it time for Colorado's legislature to enact equality for Colorado's gay and lesbian couples? http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQDF http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQDF/commentary#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:45:56 EST http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/CQDF Michael Ditto http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/profile_picture/f660dc8ce688a8bfdc_5fmmv2i99.jpg Michael Ditto 0 http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQDF/