DENVER—Supporters of traditional marriage rallied at the Colorado Capitol as tensions remained high one day after a Republican-led House committee killed civil unions legislation.
Dozens of people cheered Republican lawmakers and thanked House Speaker Frank McNulty, who assigned the civil unions bill Monday to a committee sure to defeat the legislation. A man with a horn heckled McNulty as he urged the crowd to carry the “message throughout the state of Colorado that we will protect families.”
At the same time, Democrats blasted McNulty for the demise of the bill and another proposal that would ask voters to repeal three laws that have been ruled unconstitutional. Two related to campaign finance. One voter-approved law from 1992 barred cities from passing anti-discrimination laws to protect gay people.