The Center Responds:
Pikes Peak Gay & Lesbian Community Center today denounced the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8.

"Our families do matter. Our rights are important. Our freedom and our equality are worth fighting for," said Ryan Acker, the Center's Executive Director. "Today we witness a terribly sad moment in which the court has allowed an influential group to misguide voters and strip away the constitutional and human rights of our community and our families."

Center leaders today call upon activists in Colorado Springs to stand in solidarity with the LGBT community in California and across the nation at the Day of Decision Rally and March planned for 5:15p this afternoon. In addition, the Center urges activists from across Colorado to reinvorgorate their committment to achieving full marriage equality at the Colorado State level.

"For far too long we have allowed legislative and constitutional bans on marriage equality in Colorado to go relatively unchallenged," says Acker. "Today we must recommit ourselves to achieving full equality here at home. The California decision cannot and will not derail our movement for freedom and equality."

For more information about the Center, or today's Rally, please contact the media line at 719.233.3760.