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It again. by sending it to the state veterans and military affairs committee. also known as the kill committee. where conservatives predictably rejected it with the party line vote. republican speaker of the house effectively killed a civil rights bill and 30 other pieces of legislation in the process. that's democracy at work. thanks, speaker mcnaulty. way to go. joining me now from denver is the bill's sponsor, colorado state representative, mark farn dino who is hopely gay. and david serotto, columnist for salon.com and morning radio host at kkzn in denver. i think it is sarota, i mispron...

Was saying the entire time. not really focusing on what bill was but throwing out an argument to the base of the republican party. and i think frankly, there is exactly why the republicans are trying to double down on opposition to civil unions. they are trying to rile up their base. they are desperate in a swing state like colorado to get out the vote among social conservatives. and so, when a bill like civil unions comes up, simply saying that same-sex couples deserve equal rights under the law, they will take that and try toe extrapolate it in order to fire up their base. that's what this i...

Rates around 40%. he didn't care about what damage he did. he just wanted it make sure at the end of the day we wouldn't vote on civil unions because we knew it would become law in colorado bp. >> now, david, one of the witnesses that spoke against the civil union bill, at yesterday's hearing, was a lawyer for the alliance defense fund. and he tried to use the slippery slope argument. let me show you. >> civil union laws absolutely undermine the case for marriage. make no mistake about it. a vote for this bill is a vote for same-sex marriage. in every u.s. jurisdiction where civil unions or do...