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Armed with homespun rhetoric and sharp words targeting her opponents, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stopped in three Colorado Republican strongholds Monday to ignite get-out-the-vote efforts. MORE

While Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter announced his opposition to amendment 48, one protester was arrested for his peaceful protest of the event by an out-of-control, undercover state trooper. The plain-clothes trooper didn't identify himself as such until the very moment of arrest. (Shorter version of prolifeprotest's clip) Warning: Strong Language by Undercover State Trouper. Pro-Abort Governor Opposes Colorado's Personhood Amendment DENVER -- Colorado's anti-abortion governor is asking voters to reject a constitutional amendment on this fall's ballot that could end abortion rights. Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter announced Tuesday that he opposes Amendment 48 , a first-in-the-nation measure that would change the state's constitution to declare that a fertilized egg is a person . "I do believe it is bad policy, bad medicine and bad law," Ritter said. Ritter is "personally opposed" to abortion except in case of rape, incest or medical emergency, but he ...

DENVER, Colorado, May 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law Monday two bills legalizing homosexual adoption and banning abstinence-only sex education. Ritter defended his decision to sign H.B. 1330, which permits homosexual couples to adopt, by claiming the law would “strengthen families and provide children with as stable an environment as possible,” The Colorado Springs Gazette reported. Jim Pfaff, president and CEO of the Colorado Family Institute, told Focus on the Family’s Citizen Link that both bills were examples of paybacks to financial supporters. “Both bills show that this was a Legislature that was willing to pay back its benefactors,” he said. “Their agenda is to expand rights and legal acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle. What we need to be doing is strengthening the capability of mother-and father households to adopt. “It’s a clarion call to the Church, that we need to be addressing the adoption issue.” Pfaff said Ritter’s support of a...