In a stinging defeat for Colorado's Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, the Colorado House will refuse to support her proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Colorado already has a law banning gay marriage, but the House wisely believes the Constitution should be left alone. According to Rep. Mark Lawson of Durango:

There are enough votes in the House, where Musgrave served for four years, to kill the resolution supporting the amendment....I'd like nothing more than to send a message to Congresswoman Musgrave that her own state doesn't support her effort," Larson said, pointing out that the state law already contains a ban on gay marriage.

The best line from Rep. Larson:

"The Constitution gives freedoms, it doesn't take them away."

And check out this letter to the Editor in the Rocky, via the RMPN:

Musgrave represents the small, vocal, right-wing, fundamentalist branch of Christianity. She hardly represents mainstream Christianity and doesn't represent anyone who knows that our Constitution is the basis for our rights in America and not the Bible. (Unfortunately, George W. Bush can't comprehend the principle of separation of church and state, either.)

Her personal bigotry, and that of her co-sponsors can be the only reason for her proposed amendment, as she has never given a coherent, logical explanation for it. Hopefully, the citizens of her district will replace her with a representative who will address the real issues facing Colorado and America such as jobs, the economy, health care, education, and getting us out of the mess in Iraq.