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Meet Dee Coram: the Gay Son of the Politician Who Killed Colorado's Civil Unions Bill

Meet Dee Coram: the Gay Son of the Politician Who Killed Colorado's Civil Unions Bill

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Dee Coram, the gay son of Republican Colorado legislator Don Coram, says he's "let down" that his father killed a state civil unions bill.

The younger Coram pleaded with his father to not use his power to doom the legislation -- his father refused and the bill died by one vote in a committee.

"Yesterday was the first and only time I ever called him and said, "Can you do this?" the 44-year-old Dee Coram, the policitian's only offspring, told The Denver Post. "He said, 'I love you, but absolutely not.'"

Politicians from across the state were supportive of the civil unions bill, but the older Coram said he was representing the interests of his rural district by killing the bill. He said the civil unions legislation was akin to gay marriage, which state voters banned in 2006. Read more here.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.