Following the lead of similar lawsuits in Utah, Virginia and Kentucky, nine same-sex couples have filed civil rights litigation against Governor John鈥�
Colorado joined eight other states with similar laws permitting civil unions for same-sex couples and nine others 鈥� plus the District of Columbia 鈥� to permit gay marriage.
In late August Brad Clark, Executive Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered advocacy group One Colorado, announced he was leaving the鈥�