I hear CO has more than its share of religious crazies, but it's nice to hear that it's now way more progressive than Iowa, which has had gay marriage way before most states, but it only happened thru a state Supreme Court decision that really cost some of the ones who voted for it. Since then, it's been a very red state. We have yet to elect a queer person to statewide office, tho I have heard that one longtime statewide elected official is gay and in the closet, obviously for good reason. An appointed gay man who used to be Labor Commissioner was removed by a Repub governor for that and other reasons. It led to a lawsuit that went on for several years and the SC here finally ruled in favor of the governor. So that settles the ? of whether it's safe to be openly gay in statewide office here.