Colorado's LGBT residents and their straight friends, families, and allies rejoiced this past Thursday as Colorado's Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill legalizing civil unions! The Colorado Senate and House legislatively approved this bills in recent weeks.
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The new law will offer gay and lesbian couples with most of the legal rights, responsibilities, and protections that are already provided to the state's married heterosexual couples, including adoption rights and the ability to make end-of-life decisions.
Gay and lesbian couples in that state will be able to become civilly unionized effective May 1, 2013.
The new law will offer gay and lesbian couples with most of the legal rights, responsibilities, and protections that are already provided to the state's married heterosexual couples, including adoption rights and the ability to make end-of-life decisions.
Gay and lesbian couples in that state will be able to become civilly unionized effective May 1, 2013.