Some may not know, but just a week or so before the house sold, we suddenly were looking into changing direction from Colorado to Kansas City (KC). The reason was a disturbing piece of legislation passed by the Colorado State legislature and signed into law by the Governor - S.B.200. It was an "anti-discrimination" bill, making "discriminatory" acts and - if you believe it - areas illegal and able to be prosecuted. That's all well and good, until you hear what it actually does, and why.
The bill focused on the LGBT crowd. Among the 23 areas affected by the bill was the labeling of public restrooms as segregated by gender - no longer allowed in Colorado because of this bill. It also outlawed a business owner/employee from refusing to provide a service to a member of the LGBT crowd on religious grounds.
This caused us to seriously question whether or not we should move there. We seriously considered KC, until I found an article on CitizenLink that discussed the other areas of the country that are already taking on similar laws. The prevailing wisdom is that either S.B. 200 will be killed in CO, or it will become a "norm" in state laws across the country. Because of that information, and some other things, Mom and Dad decided CO was still where God wants us.
Politically, a very interesting part of the bill is how in the world it got through the legislature without a lot of fight. Colorado may be the "second California", but you'd think there would be some more hullabaloo about it.
Here's how it happened. A semi-silent yet very powerful gay-rights activist named Tim Gill, has been putting money into state-level senate and representative campaigns - and we are talking serious money with a lot of serious power to go with it. It's really quite brilliant how he's done it. Watch the video below to learn more... he is an interesting study for those who are politically inclined, and for those who aren't, I promise you want to know about this. (this one is about 6 1/2 minutes)
As a note, CitizenLink is suggesting that information about Tim Gill be circulated as much as possible in an attempt to make him more visible. To get the embed code for this video go here. For another shorter video, look up the Turn Signal video on the subject here.
