A group that is
backing a state ballot initiative to provide gay couples
with marriage-like rights through domestic partnerships in
Colorado got a big financial boost this week, putting
its campaign way ahead in terms of funding compared
to separate initiatives to ban domestic
partnerships and same-sex marriage. Coloradans for Fairness
and Equality received a $250,000 donation from the
brother of Fort Collins heiress Pat Stryker.
The group now has
nearly $500,000, according to the Associatted Press. It
is pushing an initiative that would change state law to
recognize domestic partnerships. It also supports a
proposed state constitutional amendment that would
ensure domestic partnerships would be recognized.
Meanwhile,
Coloradans for Marriage, a coalition of antigay Christian
groups supporting a constitutional amendment defining
marriage as a heterosexual union, has raised $105,793.
Protecting Colorado Children, which is pushing a
ballot issue countering the domestic-partnership
amendment, has raised $8,345. (The Advocate)
