Colorado Officially Repeals Unenforced Ban on Homosexual 'Marriage'

Calvin Freiburger : Apr 21, 2025
LifeSiteNews.com

Colorado Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation formally repealing the state's long-unenforced ban on recognizing same-sex 'marriage,' months after voters removed similar language from the state constitution.

(Denver, CO) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Colorado Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation formally repealing the state's long-unenforced ban on recognizing same-sex "marriage," a largely-symbolic gesture for LGBT "equality" ensuring the state status quo would remain if the national one changed in the future. (Screengrab image: via 165 The Colorado Channel)

Senate Bill 24-014 strikes from the Colorado legal code language stating marriages can only be recognized as valid if "between one man and one woman." It passed the state House 45-14 and the state Senate 29-6 and was signed into law on April 7. The statutory repeal follows a ballot initiative that passed last November removing the traditional definition of marriage from the Colorado Constitution.

"Colorado is for everyone, no matter who you are or who you love," declared Polis, who is openly gay. "Last November, the voters got rid of outdated language in our constitution that banned same-sex marriage. This is a long overdue step in the right direction, and today's law I'm signing ensures that Coloradans can marry who they love in our Colorado for all."

As a practical matter, Colorado's statutory prohibition on same-sex "marriage" has not been enforceable since 2015, when the US Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges ruling forced all 50 states to recognize homosexual unions as marriages (which was codified in 2023 when ...Joe Biden signed the so-called Respect for Marriage Act). But repeal also serves as a symbolic gesture of solidarity with LGBT activists and Democrats' left-wing base as well as insurance against hypothetical future changes in federal or judicial precedent...

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