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Article: Court rejects Colorado's antigay amendment.
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- June 5, 1996
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In a decision hailed by homosexual groups as a major legal victory, the U.S. Supreme Court May 20 struck down a voter-approved Colorado constitutional amendment that prohibited laws specifically designed to protect gay and lesbian rights.
Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, a Washington-based national gay and lesbian lobbying group, called the 6-3 decision an outstanding moral victory ... especially important in light of the congressional gay-bashing, which has reached an all-time high in the last two weeks." Her statement referred to congressional hearings on proposed legislation to allow states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages ...