Posted on 05/29/2008 6:43:13 PM PDT by dynachrome
Ritter signed Senate Bill 200 this afternoon in his office, without any of the public ceremonies and news releases that came with six other bills he signed today. His spokesman, Evan Dreyer, said the governor was not deliberately trying to keep the signing quiet. In all, Ritter signed 20 bills today, Dreyer said.
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Yup, that there Ritter shore is a moderate!
the first sheman I see in the men’s room is going to be asked to leave. perhaps in colorful language.
This kinda takes the magic out of women . I lived with a wonderful gal for 8 years and I can honestly say that she does not poop. If it happened then she might be Houdini. She spent 2 friggin hours in the bathroom , so that might be the discrepancy..
Hmm..why can I hear Rick Warren applauding from here?
Yeah sure. They never do anything in secret. Sarc.
We should make this year of mass cleaning of our states and federal government.
So how are women going to feel knowing that any sicko guy can go into the ladies room with his cell phone camera and click away to his heart’s desire. These people are really degenerate.
Word is that this would apply to schools, also. At least that is what Dr. Dobson was warning about.
Colorado should have closed the borders to anyone from California year ago.
Ritter is now making it much harder on landlords, realtors, apt. managers...to do their jobs. They all will have a bunch of new forms to fill out instead of showing property to a potential client.
This will make Colorado a larger legal magnet for slip and fall lawyers to move to Colorado to set up a practice.
Expect larger insurance premiums for this newly created business expense for Ritter’s imagined need.
What is next : unions for the 49,000 government employees...
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I don’t know if you remember the movie “Granola,” with Martin Mull over a quarter century ago. The liberal idiots all move from Marin County to Denver at the end of the thing.
Article Last Updated: 05/29/2008 06:22:44 PM MDT
Gov. Bill Ritter today quietly signed a controversial bill expanding the prohibition of sexual-orientation-based discrimination, over the vocal opposition of conservative Christian groups like Focus on the Family.
The bill bans discrimination based on a person's religious belief or sexual orientation - including transgender people - in places of public accommodation, housing practices, family planning services and 20 other public spheres. Such prohibitions are already in place with regard to race.
"I think it's a step in the right direction for Coloradans and civil rights," said Sen. Jennifer Veiga, a Denver Democrat who sponsored the bill.
Ritter signed Senate Bill 200 this afternoon in his office, without any of the public ceremonies and news releases that came with six other bills he signed today. His spokesman, Evan Dreyer, said the governor was not deliberately trying to keep the signing quiet. In all, Ritter signed 20 bills today, Dreyer said.
"There were hundreds and hundreds of bills that were passed by the legislature this year," Dreyer said. "We do many ceremonies and many announcements, but in reality we do just a fraction."
But no bill this year has seen the kind of heated post-session attacks that SB 200 has. Focus on the Family launched radio ads and a media campaign urging Ritter to veto the bill.
"The state legislature here in Colorado has frankly become just about as radical and extreme as the California Legislature, in an effort that was designed to obviously appease the homosexual community give access to all public restrooms by people of the opposite gender," Focus on the Family founder James Dobson said Wednesday on his regular radio broadcast, according to an online newsletter from the organization sent out later that day.
Opponents said the bill would have serious consequences, such as opening up Colorado public restrooms and locker rooms to all genders and transgender people, exposing children and women to sexual predators.
Dreyer said opponents were running a campaign of misinformation.
"The claims that are made in this campaign are not based in fact. They are based in fear," Dreyer said.
"All this does," Dreyer added, "is it brings across-the-board consistency to existing anti-discrimination laws."
Bruce DeBoskey, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said the opposition's claims were exaggerated and applauded the signing.
"We think this is another important step in making Colorado safe and inclusive and welcoming to all those who live there," he said.
John Ingold: 303-954-1068 or jingold@denverpost.com
Thanks for the ping. I’m waiting to see how many new pieces of paper I’ll have get people to sign soon. There’s nothing quite like running a business when Democrats are in power. It’s like Chinese water torture.
This is bull! I can’t believe our beloved state elected these jerks. If the GOP would just get their heads out of their butts...
Let me guess, the pro-fag forces used Matthew Shepard in their appeals for this bill. Am I right?
Un-friggin-believable...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
We had a guy in a dress work here ten years ago. He was standing in the stall in the Ladies room with the door ajar and taking a whiz. Two very small women were terrified. I guess their rational fear will soon be illegal.
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