I hadn’t realised that this had happened, but I was startled and gratified even more to see that Colorado Republican MHR Marilyn Musgrave was amongst those consigned to history last week. Who is she?  Musgrave was one of the ringleaders of federal Republican attempts to pass a so-called Federal Marriage Amendment, which would have outlawed same-sex marriage in the whole United States through a constitutional amendment. Musgrave had only been an MHR for five years, and her constituency included most of eastern Colorado, outside Denver and Colorado Springs. She had her start in core Christian Right obsessions as a member of the ...