(720) 863-7755In a shocking move today, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari to all five circuit appellate cases reviewing same-sex marriage in different states. When the Supreme Court denies certiorari, it means that the case will not be heard, and the lower courts’ rulings stand. All five circuit opinions overturned same-sex marriage bans in their […]
Adams District County Court Judge C. Scott Crabtree found that Colorado’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the United States and Colorado constitutions. The judge immediately stayed his order acknowledging that the final decision on the matter will either be at the state or federal Supreme Court, and the judge did not want to create any […]
In 2011, the Colorado Legislature passed the Colorado Civil Union Act which allows same-sex couples to enter into a civil union together. The law allows same-sex couples to enter into a legal relationship as close to marriage as possible without the relationship being called a marriage in that the Colorado Constitution specifically bans same-sex marriage. […]
