Colorado Amendment 2
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Colorado Amendment 2 was a 1992 Colorado state constitutional amendment that sought to prohibit any law protecting individuals from discrimination based on sexual orientation, later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colorado Amendment 2 canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colorado Amendment 2 Context triple: [Romer v. Evans, challengedProvision, Colorado Amendment 2]
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Colorado Department of State v. Baca
Colorado Department of State v. Baca is a U.S. federal court case addressing whether states can remove or sanction presidential electors who refuse to vote in accordance with their state's popular vote in the Electoral College.
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Colorado House
Colorado House is a restored 19th-century adobe hotel and commercial building located within Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, now serving as a museum that interprets early San Diego history.
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D. Colo.
D. Colo. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, a federal trial court within the Tenth Circuit.
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Colorado General Assembly
The Colorado General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Colorado, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the governance of the state.
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E.
La Junta, Colorado
La Junta, Colorado is a small city in southeastern Colorado known as a regional agricultural and transportation hub near the Arkansas River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colorado Amendment 2 Target entity description: Colorado Amendment 2 was a 1992 Colorado state constitutional amendment that sought to prohibit any law protecting individuals from discrimination based on sexual orientation, later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional.
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A.
Colorado Department of State v. Baca
Colorado Department of State v. Baca is a U.S. federal court case addressing whether states can remove or sanction presidential electors who refuse to vote in accordance with their state's popular vote in the Electoral College.
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B.
Colorado House
Colorado House is a restored 19th-century adobe hotel and commercial building located within Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, now serving as a museum that interprets early San Diego history.
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C.
D. Colo.
D. Colo. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, a federal trial court within the Tenth Circuit.
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D.
Colorado General Assembly
The Colorado General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Colorado, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the governance of the state.
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E.
La Junta, Colorado
La Junta, Colorado is a small city in southeastern Colorado known as a regional agricultural and transportation hub near the Arkansas River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballot measure
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state constitutional amendment ⓘ |
| affectedDomain |
employment discrimination law
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housing discrimination law ⓘ public accommodations law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
bisexual people
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gay people ⓘ lesbian people ⓘ people identified by sexual orientation ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Colorado
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surface form:
State of Colorado
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| approvedBy | Colorado voters ⓘ |
| ballotDate | 1992-11-03 ⓘ |
| challengedIn | Romer v. Evans ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | anti-gay rights measure ⓘ |
| constitutionalIssue |
Equal Protection Clause
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surface form:
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfAbolition | 1996-05-20 ⓘ |
| declaredUnconstitutionalBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Romer v. Evans
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surface form:
Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
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| electorateDecision | approved ⓘ |
| foundToViolate | Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
established precedent limiting laws targeting LGBT people for disfavored legal status
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prevented Colorado from enforcing the amendment ⓘ |
| hasEffect | added a new section to the Colorado Constitution restricting protections based on sexual orientation ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionLevel | state ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLegalCitation |
Romer v. Evans
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surface form:
Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620
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| hasShortName | Amendment 2 ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
invalidate existing local ordinances that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation
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prohibit state and local laws protecting individuals from discrimination based on sexual orientation ⓘ |
| legalStatus | unconstitutional ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
LGBT rights
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anti-discrimination law ⓘ civil rights ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Colorado ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anti-discrimination protections
ⓘ
sexual orientation ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first statewide constitutional amendment in the U.S. aimed at barring protections for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
LGBT rights organizations
ⓘ
civil rights groups ⓘ |
| overturnedByCourtDecision | Romer v. Evans ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colorado state constitution
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surface form:
Colorado Constitution
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| politicalContext |
LGBT rights movement in the United States
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culture wars in the United States ⓘ |
| subjectOfCourtCase | Romer v. Evans ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| typeOfRestriction | prohibition on enactment or enforcement of anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1992 ⓘ |
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Subject: Colorado Amendment 2 Description of subject: Colorado Amendment 2 was a 1992 Colorado state constitutional amendment that sought to prohibit any law protecting individuals from discrimination based on sexual orientation, later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional.
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