This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The state of Colorado, far left, even extreme, based on its Democrat majority in the legislature and Democrat in the governor's office, has been on a tear in recent years to control what people say.
And it's been losing.
The latest case involves a man who wore a shirt while observing the state legislature. But the shirt had a message that state officials hated, so they threw him out.
Now those officials have had to backtrack, and say they were wrong, and to allow the man's shirt.
Then the state tried to force a web designer to promote that same religious ideology in her online business. Again, the state lost at the Supreme Court.
The latest loss involves Jeff Hunt, who was kicked out of the public gallery for the state senate for wearing a pro-life sweatshirt.
Officials with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression explained they demanded in a letter to the state that officials "stop playing fashion police."
"I am thrilled at this outcome," said Hunt. "Now, Coloradans are free to share their voices, particularly at the state Capitol, where the work of the people takes place."
Hunt had worn a sweatshirt saying "Pro-Life U" to the capitol building last spring when lawmakers were working on their latest attack on crisis pregnancy centers.
"But sergeants-at-arms told Hunt that "Pro-Life U" is a 'political statement' prohibited by a gallery rule," FIRE reported.
Part of the problem for the state employees, however, was that just weeks before, "sergeants-at-arms allowed a group of students to sit in the gallery wearing pro-gun control shirts. In light of this double standard, FIRE's letter reminded Colorado officials that the First Amendment prohibits them from relying on unreasonable rules that allow for discriminatory or inconsistent enforcement."
