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Colorado legislator targets same-sex marriage ban for removal from state constitution

Supporters see measure as preventative, in case Supreme Court reverses landmark 2015 ruling

The crowd at Denver PrideFest in ...
The crowd at Denver PrideFest in Civic Center Park give a collective thumbs-down to a mention of U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned the right to abortion, that the Supreme Court should also reconsider Obergefell v. Hodges, which had affirmed the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Denver Post)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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A defunct provision of the Colorado Constitution that limits marriage to between a man and a woman may finally be stripped from the state's guiding document under a proposed amendment introduced in the state Senate.
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