Steve Horner's crusade against ladies' nights at bars took a hit Thursday as a Denver County judge tossed his claim that newspaper ads for such promotions violate state civil rights laws...

Horner, who moved to Denver from Minneapolis last year, has complained to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission about bars that sell drinks at a lower price to women than men...

"Now I know how black people in the early part of the last century felt about being cheated out of their civil rights," Horner said later.