To: Denver Catholic Register The Anti-Defamation League read with great concern the editorial by Archbishop Chaput criticizing House Bill 1080. We especially take issue with the implied criticism that ADL supports this bill because of some anti-Catholic or anti-religious bigotry. Here are the facts about House Bill 1080. Its sole intent is to guarantee that taxpayer money is not used

The Denver Post By: Electa Draper State Rep. Alice Madden said a flawed draft of a bill, meant to repair a 2007 statute dealing with employment discrimination, has given her a little taste of hellfire. The Catholic Archdiocese of Denver and Focus on the Family have attacked Madden’s draft, which would prevent faith-based organizations that accept government funds from hiring

Responding to press reports of allegations that a 50-year-old African American Fort Collins man was attacked and beaten by two white men because of his race, the Anti-Defamation League condemned the alleged bias-motivated crime. “Hate crimes are message crimes,” said Bruce H. DeBoskey, ADL’s Mountain States Regional Director. “Perpetrators of hate crimes send a message to their victims and everyone

Denver Daily News By: Peter Marcus State Rep. Alice Madden will redraft legislation that would prevent faith-based nonprofits from discriminating against employees that do not share similar religious beliefs. A protest of the proposed legislation, however, will continue as planned even though the legislation does not address faith-based programs and curriculums. House Bill 1080 — as currently drafted – would

This article originally ran in the Rocky Mountain News. By: Jean Torkelson A bill that addresses employment discrimination has set loose the B word – bigotry – in a clash this week between Archbishop Charles Chaput and Bruce DeBoskey, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League. In his newspaper column published Wednesday, Chaput urges Catholic voters to protest HB 1080 as