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Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt, a Colorado Springs Republican, proposed a bill to give clergy and religious organizations the right to refuse to officiate services based...
4-H district leaders admire the view from the balcony at the Colorado Statehouse.
More than 150 4-H members came to the state Capitol, where lawmakers...
Colorado state lawmaker Gordon Klingenschmitt has a knack for saying just the right thing to outrage nearly everybody.
The representative from Colorado Springs who goes by his...
State Senate candidate and Colorado Springs state Rep. Gordon Klingenchmitt is part-televangelist, part-politician and full-on, right-wing firebrand. Dr. Chaps, as his TV persona is...
News-lovers dig through unbelievable stories deciphering the real from the baloney. We wish most of the oddball stories we read were gags. They rarely...
DENVER -- Colorado lawmakers considering civil unions, gay marriage and religious freedom have been riding a steep learning curve over the last few years...
*Updates below 9:20 a.m. 1-28-2015
Colorado state Rep. Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt says Colorado paperwork for his charity organization, Persuade the World/Pray in Jesus Name...