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Signatures Filed For Colorado Personhood Amendment

By Howard M. Friedman

On Friday, Personhood Colorado submitted 79,917 signatures in support of a proposed ballot measure that would amend Colorado's Constitution to provide that the term "person" as used in three provisions of the state's bill of rights "shall apply to every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being." The three provisions affected are ones on inalienable rights, equality of justice and due process of law. A release carried on Christian Newswire says that all of the signatures were gathered by unpaid volunteers. The Colorado Secretary of State's Office must now validate the signatures. 76,047 valid signatures are required for the proposal to be put on the ballot later this year.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on February 13, 2010 (boomark / email).