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Does one capitalize the first letter following a colon?

Asked by ezraglenn (3502points) October 16th, 2008

Pretty self-explanatory. Is it grammatically correct to capitalize the first letter of the sentence following a colon?
Example:
There are two reasons why I want the answer to this question: The first is that I am writing a paper and wish to procrastinate, and the second is that I have been wondering this for a long time.

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