To: Cory Gardner and Bob Beauprez

Bob Beauprez, Cory Gardner: end your war against marriage equality

After years of struggle for equality, committed same-sex couples in Colorado are finally seeing their fundamental rights acknowledged once and for all. Today is a day to celebrate.

However, not everyone is celebrating. Here in Colorado, politicians who have fought against marriage equality don’t have much to say. Bob Beauprez, who once claimed that “proponents of gay marriage want to tear apart the institution of traditional marriage itself,” has yet to release a statement on yesterday’s ruling. Cory Gardner even voted against allowing same-sex couples to have joint custody of children, which has been a settled matter in Colorado for years.

While we congratulate our LGBT friends, neighbors, and family members on their historic victory, it’s important to remember that two politicians vying to represent Colorado are on the wrong side of history: we won’t forget.

Bob Beauprez and Cory Gardner: you were wrong about marriage equality, and it’s time for you to admit it. End your attacks on marriage equality for all Coloradans. Support marriage equality for all committed couples.

Why is this important?

Years from now, it will be considered bizarre that anyone would have opposed the right of all committed couples to marry. Perhaps those who opposed marriage equality will apologize some day to the Americans whose rights they refused to acknowledge until the courts forced them. Until that happens we have to hold them accountable.