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Hancock: HB25-1312 replaces truth with dogma and calls it progress

Colorado Politics, Approved, Commentary, State / April 18, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Democrat Lawmakers, First amendment, Gender Ideology, Government overreach, HB25-1312, Parental Rights

From the rugged ridgelines of the Rockies now echoes a different kind of thunder — not from the skies above, but from the marble halls of Colorado’s State Capitol, where lawmakers are ushering in a bill that feels less like legislation and more like dogma.

House Bill 25-1312, ostentatiously named the “Kelly Loving Act,” is heralded as a civil rights measure. But dig past the buzzwords and you’ll find something far more troubling: a secular creed imposed with such fervor it borders on religious zealotry — and as such, possibly violates the U.S. Constitution’s Establishment Clause.

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Over 20 Colorado pastors unite in urgent call to action against HB25-1312

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, State, Top Stories / April 12, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Christians, Democrat Lawmakers, First amendment, Gender and religion, Gender Ideology, House Bill 25-1312, Parental Rights

“If you don’t speak up now, it may be too late.” That’s the message from a growing coalition of Colorado pastors urging fellow faith leaders to take a public stand against HB25-1312 — a bill they say undermines parental rights, criminalizes biblical truth and puts families at risk.

Pastor Jeff Anderson, Senior Advisor for Faith Outreach to Congressman Jeff Crank, sent a letter Friday afternoon to pastors across Colorado urging them to speak out against the bill.

“We want to bring to your attention a critical issue affecting parental rights in Colorado,” Anderson wrote. “This bill includes provisions that could have significant implications for parents and families.”

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Cole: HB-1312 turns pronouns into a weapon against parents and schools

Commentary, Approved, Rocky Mountain Voice, State / April 7, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Democrat Lawmakers, First amendment, Gender Ideology, Parental Rights

Colorado House Democrats recently leveraged their legislative authority with a calculated one-two punch, invoking Rule 14 on April 4, 2025, to cap debate on House Bill 1312 (HB-1312), the “Kelly Loving Act,” at a scant two hours, then deploying Rule 16 over the weekend to stifle discussion entirely and push the bill to an immediate vote.

These tools, seldom used outside of breaking filibuster gridlock, were not wielded here to clear a clogged calendar but to mute opposition to a measure poised to reshape parental rights, free speech, and family dynamics. This heavy-handed approach stripped away democratic deliberation, a move that should unsettle every Coloradan.

This isn’t about streamlining; it’s about dominance.

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Pastor Bob: For such a time as this, we must lift our voices

Approved, Commentary, National, Rocky Mountain Voice / March 24, 2025 / christianity, Devotional, First amendment, Politics

I have been asked: should Christians be involved in politics? Short answer — yes! Oh some may blurt out 2 Corinthians 6:16 in response: “What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ‘I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God and they will be my people.’ Therefore, come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” This does not preclude us from voicing and practicing the way and will of God.

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More than a hat: How Bernie Lake’s fight for health became a political battleground

After fighting a cancer battle, Bernie Lake reclaimed her life while sporting her Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) hat. After breast cancer surgery, she returned to the Durango Community Recreation Center for her first post-treatment workout, determined to rebuild her strength.

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Hate or free speech? CMU students react to local Turning Point USA polls

Few things stir debate on college campuses like politics—and at CMU, a student group’s whiteboard polls have done just that. Turning Point USA’s Colorado Mesa University chapter (TPUSA CMU) has sparked discussion after posting a series of provocative whiteboard poll questions in the university’s cafeteria. Some students view the questions as open discussion starters, while others see them as hate speech meant to provoke.

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Is Tina Peters’ life at risk in jail? Attorneys sound the alarm on her health decline

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ time in Larimer County Jail is taking a toll, according to her legal team and supporters. They say she’s experiencing memory loss, declining health and mistreatment—claims that have only fueled concerns about her condition. With growing pressure on Governor Jared Polis to grant a pardon, Peters’ case is becoming a test of justice, fairness and political influence in Colorado.

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White House Correspondence cartel is freaking out because it’s losing power and control, not press freedom

Approved, National, The Federalist / February 27, 2025 / Democracy, First amendment, White House Correspondence

During all the meltdowns about Donald Trump’s election being a “threat to democracy,” someone observantly noted that all the panic made sense once you replaced the word “democracy” with “bureaucracy.” Now, as D.C. journo types panic about the threat to a “free press” posed by Trump’s breakup of the White House Correspondents’ Association monopoly, replacing “free press” with “corporate media’s control of news narratives” provides similar clarity.

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Kaminsky: Obama’s ‘censorship’ office goes bankrupt and is closing up shop

The Daily Signal, Approved, Commentary, National / January 2, 2025 / censorship, First amendment, Obama

The Global Engagement Center, an office housed within the State Department and aiming to thwart disinformation and misinformation, has been forced by Congress to close up shop. It’s no mystery why; the taxpayer-backed GEC violated its mandate to work only overseas and devolved into a partisan enabler of speech suppression in the United States.

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Spending bill subsidizes State Department’s conservative censorship slush fund

National, Approved, Breitbart / December 18, 2024 / Conservative censorship, First amendment, Government corruption, State Department

The government funding bill includes a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), an agency that funds organizations that censor conservative media including Breitbart News.

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