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Ballot measures seek to roll back advances in gay rights

  Less than two weeks after the United States Supreme Court’s historic same-sex marriage ruling, two Coloradans filed proposed ballot measures aimed at rolling back advances in legal protections and equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Coloradans. The first initiative would redefine all marriages in Colorado as civil unions in order to undermine the Supreme Court’s decision that

Mountain States ADL in Action

  Recently, the Mountain States office of the Anti-Defamation League spoke out concerning anti-Israel bus ads in Denver and reports of an “anti-Ramadan” barbecue in Colorado Springs. Commenting on a story by KDVR Fox 31 News that accused Colorado’s RTD, or Regional Transportation District, of applying a double-standard when deciding which ads to accept or reject as it pertained specifically

Living History: My Trip to Munich and Dachau

  Perhaps you have heard “don’t bite the bait that leads to hate,” a call made popular by Jack Adler, a Colorado resident who survived the Dachau concentration camp, among other camps. On May 3, 2015, I had the privilege of sitting with Jack Adler on the former roll call grounds at Dachau as Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke at a

#Love Wins – ADL Resources on Marriage Equality

  On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled that the Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to same-sex marriage. This historic decision represents a long sought victory for the LGBT rights movement and for a myriad of civil rights organizations including the Anti-Defamation League. ADL’s amicus (friend of the court) brief in the landmark Obergefell