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NEWS RELEASE
Release date:August 20, 2009
From:Soulforce in Colorado and the “Denver Five”
Subject:“Denver Five” Attends Disposition Hearing
Contacts:
Kate Burns, Soulforce in Colorado (303) 806-8444
Mari Newman, Attorney with Killmer, Lane & Newman (303)-571-1000
(Denver, CO) On Wednesday, August 19, the “Denver Five” appeared at their disposition hearing and entered pleas of not guilty to charges resulting from a public demonstration in the Office of the Denver County Clerk. Hearing and trial dates are pending at this time.
The “Denver Five,” comprised of Kate Burns, Lewis Thompson, Laurin Foxworth, John Ferguson, Shari Wilkins, (as well as Deborah MacNair, who was not arrested), conducted a nonviolent protest against the California Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold Proposition 8, which denies equal access to civil marriage to individuals whose loved one is of the same gender. After Shari and her partner Deborah were denied their request for a marriage license, the Denver Five lined up across the front of the marriage license counter at the office of the Denver County Clerk and Recorder in a symbolic demonstration of support for the right of all U.S. citizens to enter into civil marriage. The action resulted in the mass arrest of the Denver Five, who were charged with “trespassing” and “failure to obey a lawful order.” This demonstration took place while a hundred supporters mounted a sidewalk demonstration outside the building. Both actions were planned and coordinated with the invaluable assistance of Soulforce in Colorado.
The group is being defended by the law firm of Killmer, Lane & Newman, led by Mari Newman, Esq. Ms. Newman previously defended Kate Burns and her partner Sheila Schroeder, after their attempt to be granted a marriage license in September 2007 met with a similar fate.
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| kellypdenver | October 10th & 11th? March or anything | 1 | Oct 5 2009, 5:14 PM EDT by cahubble08 | ||
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Thread started: Sep 12 2009, 11:26 PM EDT
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I was just reading an article of the marches over the weekend of Oct 10th and 11th. Is there anything going on in Denver that we can participate in!
Let me know and I will get the word out since it is well in advance and on a weekend nobody should have any excuses not to join and stand for our rights! http://www.gayapolis.com/news/artdisplay.php?artid=2459 |
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| ellipsysis | Where is the Protest in Denver Tomorrow? | 1 | Jan 10 2009, 12:21 PM EST by jfermiller | ||
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Thread started: Jan 10 2009, 1:38 AM EST
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How are there supposed to be 1,000,000 people nationwide if people are forgetting to post the time and location of the protest? Is there a protest happening in Denver tomorrow?
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| FoxyBrown55 | A Woman of Color for Equality | 0 | Nov 14 2008, 11:22 PM EST by FoxyBrown55 | ||
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It saddens and dismays me to know that not all people of color support equal rights for the GLBT community. America will never fulfill its promise until second-class citizenship -- of any kind -- is abolished. I'm also the daughter of a divorced Catholic woman-- who had the option of a civil ceremony --when dogma closed the doors and hearts of her church. How anyone who has suffered the injustices and indignity of discrimination -- of any kind -- can support discrimination against others bewilders and mystifies me. For the religious, the nuns taught me that God is love and he, or she, who abides in love, abides in God and God in her. For civil rights activists who believe gay rights trivialize or diminish our struggle, discrimination of any kind is an injustice and an insult to our struggles, and the work of our gay brothers and sisters --like Rustin and Baldwin -- who fought for freedom for ALL. Freedom is an inalienable right, not a privilege reserved for those you choose to deem worthy. Much love to all oppressed peoples everywhere. And now is the time for America to fulfill its promise to everyone, of every hue, class, gender and orientation.
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