Amendment J would repeal Colorado’s defunct ban on same-sex marriage

Amendment J would repeal Colorado’s defunct ban on same-sex marriage

Amendment J would protect same-sex marriages in Colorado by repealing the state constitution’s now-defunct definition — which recognizes only unions between a man and a woman. Same-sex marriages were legalized nationwide in 2015 by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Obergefell v. Hodges case. Colorado was already issuing gay marriage licenses the prior year, … Read more