- A year and a half before the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five dead, the alleged shooter was accused of threatening to kill grandparents if they stood in the way of plans to become “the next mass killer.” Sealed court documents verified by The Associated Press detail Anderson Lee Aldrich’s day of terror in 2021 that also included a bomb threat and a standoff with police.
- The bill would codify same sex marriage into federal law – and allow those couples to continue accessing federal benefits – even if the supreme court ruling establishing a national right to same sex marriage is ever overturned. The act also repeals the 1990s Defense of Marriage Act that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.