"Colorado ushers in new law with midnight unions" by Alexandra Tilsley | Associated Press, May 02, 2013
DENVER — The first gay couple granted a civil union in Colorado said their vows before hundreds of people early Wednesday morning at a downtown Denver municipal building where couples and members of the public gathered.
The new law legalizing civil unions took effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, and both Denver and Boulder began issuing licenses immediately....
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"Communications failure cited in Aurora shootings" by Associated Press | May 02, 2013
AURORA, Colo. — Police and fire officials failed to tell each other when and where rescuers were needed following the Aurora theater shootings, according to reports obtained by the Denver Post that portray a chaotic scene.
The reports and a fire department internal review obtained by the Post through an open-records request provided more information about when emergency responders arrived and when they were notified there were gunshot victims at the rear of Theater 9.
By that time, ambulances were stuck behind parked cars, police vehicles, and 1,400 fleeing moviegoers....
Shades of Sandy Hook!
That notification from fire dispatch to emergency medical workers was 17 minutes after the shooting was reported at 12:38 a.m. on July 20.
WTF?
A fire commander had directed ambulances to a nearby staging area to await further instructions. Police officers had been telling their dispatchers they needed medical help at the rear of the theater for at least seven minutes.
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Related: Slow Saturday Special: Limited Hangout on Holmes
That's what they do when caught in a false flag fraud.
Also see: Upset over shootings, Colo. dog owners lobby for bill that would require training for police
Is there anything in this country the cops won't kill?
"Church hospital focus of fetus debate" Associated Press, February 05, 2013
DENVER — It was a startling assertion that seemed an about-face from church doctrine: A Catholic hospital arguing in a Colorado court that twin fetuses that died in its care were not, under state law, human beings.
When the two-year-old court filing surfaced last month, it triggered an avalanche of criticism, because the legal argument seemed to clash with the church’s centuries-old stance that life begins at conception. But it is now fueling a raging debate in Colorado and beyond about whether fetuses should have legal rights and, if so, what kind.
On Monday, the hospital and the state’s bishops released a statement acknowledging it was ‘‘morally wrong’’ to make the legal argument.
News of the wrongful death lawsuit came as Colorado lawmakers weigh how far they should go in penalizing acts that harm a fetus, and some worry that the case could diminish the Catholic Church’s credibility in advocating more rights for the unborn.
Last week Colorado’s bishops met with executives at Catholic Healthcare Initiatives, a branch of the church that operates the hospital at the center of the case, to review how the lawsuit was handled. The two released separate statements Monday saying CHI executives had been unaware of the legal arguments and pledging to ‘‘work for comprehensive change in Colorado’s law, so that the unborn may enjoy the same legal protections as other persons.’’
According to The Guttmacher Institute, which tracks reproductive health issues, 37 states allow some form of prosecution for killing a fetus.
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