Denver, Colo., May 15, 2007 / 17:24 pm
Colorado has two new laws on its books and both of them were opposed by the Colorado Catholic Conference. The first law allows live-in same sex or heterosexual partners to adopt children without the normal legal review process. While the second law requires that all public school districts implement a “science-based” content standard for sexual education courses.
According to the Colorado Catholic Conference, the adoption law is faulty because it “fails to recognize the intricacies of adoption law and processes, and is not in the best interests of the children or people of Colorado.” Another issue raised by the House bill (1330) being made law, is that it “clearly circumvents the expressed will of Colorado voters who rejected Referendum I in November of 2006. Referendum I would have allowed same-sex couples the possibility of adopting children.”