Lionel Rivera is the Republican mayor of Colorado Springs (elected 2003). A former United States Armymajor, Rivera gets a lot of support from the Christian Right, which has a lot of influence in the city. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Colorado Springs is a middle-sized city, located just east of the geographic center of the state of Colorado in the United States. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Insignia of an O-4 in the U.S. Armed Forces Badge of rank of a Major in the British Army. ... Christian Right is a term collectively referring to a spectrum of conservative Christian political and social movements and organizations characterized by their strong support of traditional social values in the United States and other western countries. ...
Rivera: Two things: Integrity in office -- that you are true to your principles and your values, and you do what you think is right.
Rivera: It's hard to say how people will interpret what a vote is. But if they talk to the members who made the vote, and ask them their reasons why, it has nothing to do with homophobia or being anti-gay or gay bashing, as a lot of the popular press wants to portray it.
Rivera: [City Manager] Lorne Kramer came to me late last summer and said, "I'm thinking of making [this] recommendation to the City Council." My comments to him were that I don't think that's a good idea, I don't support it, I don't think it's the right thing to do with taxpayer funds.
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