Republican-Controlled Senate Passes Bill That Helps Gay Couples

By Shaun BoydDENVER (CBS4) – Colorado’s Republican controlled Senate voted unanimously on Friday to approve a bill aimed at helping gay couples.
“This bill solves a problem and like it or not it’s a problem created by the evolution of the law,” said state Sen. Pat Steadman (D-Denver/Adams County), the sponsor of the bill.
It addresses situations where a couple got a civil union license and then later got a marriage license after the U.S. Supreme Court decision last