I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Bishop Gene Robinson, an openly gay Episcopalian Bishop from New Hampshire, led an invocation at Sunday’s Inaugural event. The festivities included performances by artists Bono and Bruce Springsteen and was broadcast live on HBO.
Activists and supporters of the gay community responded with excitement to the announcement that Robinson would participate in the inaugural celebration; Robinson’s role was widely seen as a nod to them after the much earlier announcement that conservative pastor Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in California would deliver the actual Inaugural invocation for President-elect Barack Obama’s swearing in tomorrow. The selection of Warren angered much of the gay community due to Warren’s stance on homosexuality and same-sex marriage.
HBO did not broadcast Robinson’s invocation. However Bishop’s words were caught on audio and video; here’s a link provided by Christianity Today; the video can be viewed below.
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