On February 9th, Citizens Project staff participated in One Colorado's LGBT Lobby Day, an awareness and action day centered on upcoming legislation in Colorado's statehouse. Over 200 attendees came out to join the fight against two "Right to Discriminate" bills and to show support for the Birth Certificate Modernization Bill. The morning was beautiful and productive, beginning with Governor Hickenlooper joining the concerned citizens on the capitol steps to voice support and encouragement for equality and diversity in Colorado.

            Following close on the heels of the defeat of HB 15-1081, the "Locker Room" bill, activists rallied to express equal disapproval of two upcoming bills that would potentially open the door for any business to discriminate against anyone religious reasons. HB 15-1161 and HB 15-1171 contain broad language that would potentially allow pharmacists, guidance counselors, law enforcement officers, restaurants, and any other private business to refuse service for religious reasons, including but not limited to sexual orientation, race, gender.  More....

On the January 23, 2015 the local Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Colorado Springs North Stake held an event called the Religious Freedom Forum at the LDS facility. The program was a formatted as a religious service with hymns, invocation and opening remarks from Bishop Michael J. Sheridan, a LDS video, a keynote speaker followed by a Q and A period and closing remarks from LDS's North Stake President, Kevin Woodward, followed by another hymn and a benediction. The auditorium was packed and the front rows were reserved for local dignitaries and prominent political leaders including John Suthers, Wayne Williams and Darryl Glenn among others.