Because of the liberal reaction I’m seeing today from yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, I’m compelled to forward just a note of legislative history courtesy of the 2013 Colorado State Senate.
A number of my good friends were belittled in a Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Denver on January 22, 2013 for standing for religious freedom. The bill under consideration was to approve Civil Unions in the State of Colorado. Both chambers in the legislature at the time as well as the Governor’s Mansion were controlled by liberals who were cut from the same mold as the Colorado Civil Rights Commission: arrogant and religiously intolerant. Civil unions passed easily back then, years before Obergefell.
Yesterday, SCOTUS appropriately spanked the Colorado Civil Rights Commission because, quite frankly, they misbehaved. Yet, I believe the members of that commission were emboldened by the behavior of their cohorts in the legislature.
This from the Denver newspaper about some of the testimony that came up that day in a Senate committee hearing, and the corresponding behavior of committee majority members (keep in mind this was over five years ago). I could also fault the Denver Post reporter as she joined in the liberal revelry, but at least she reported it, so I’ll give her a pass.
“A portion of the testimony dealt with the plight of a Lakewood baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple and could face fines and a one-year jail sentence. The [civil unions] bill doesn’t protect the constitutional rights of Coloradans, the baker’s attorney, Nicolle Martin testified.
The issue provided a string of light-hearted tweets and a remark from [Sen. Jessie] Ulibarri, [ D-Commerce City] to the bill opponents.
‘Let them eat cake,’ he said.”
From the largely liberal crowd in the hearing room, there was much laughter that was not stopped by the committee chairman.
If the Colorado Civil Rights Commission has brought embarrasment to the state of Colorado this week, they share it with their legislative counterparts.