Colorado's openly gay Sen. Jennifer Veiga says goodbye

- video by Out Front Colorado's Matt Kailey

Jennifer Veiga to resign Senate seat

Colorado will lose one of our two openly gay Senators when Jennifer Veiga resigns her seat to move to Australia to be near her partner's ill mother. No date has been set for the resignation.

Gov. Ritter signs HB 1260

After successfully passing the Colorado State Legislature with bipartisan support, Governor Bill Ritter signed HB 1260, The Designated Beneficiaries Act, into law today.

Special thanks to Rep. Mark Ferrandino and Sen. Jennifer Veiga for sponsoring this key piece of legislation.

This bill provides the opportunity for two unmarried adults to designate one another as the person entitled to certain financial protections and decision-making powers in major life events by simply recording a form with the County Clerk & Recorder’s Office and paying a small fee.

Was it a Senate meeting or a tent revival?

During a Senate meeting on Monday regarding a bill allowing health benefits for partners of state employees, Sen. Scott Renfroe of Greeley (pictured) spouted Bible verses calling for gays to be put to death and said that homosexuality was a sin equal to murder according to the Denver Post.

The Denver Post does not note whether Renfroe spoke in tongues or handled any snakes.

Fortunately, rational thinking won out and the Colorado Senate passed Sen. Veiga's domestic partner benefits for state employees by a voice vote.

It will be voted on again in the Senate and then go to the House.

Meanwhile, why not contact Sen. Renfroe and remind him of a little thing called separation of church and state.

It sounds like he could use a refresher course.

Contact Senator Renfroe:

303-866-4451

scott.renfroe.senate@state.co.us

www.scottrenfroe.com