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.
Prayer and God references are nothing new to political speeches and events. But at Sen. John McCain’s campaign rally in Sterling Heights, Mich., on Friday evening, the Republicans took it a step further. There were multiple references to Christianity, to prayer in school, not to mention a group of about 20 nuns in habits.
Then two men dressed in some sort of military fatigues got on stage to lead the audience in the pledge of allegiance saying, “Please prepare yourself as your religion dictates.” Meaning, or course, christianity. There were also references to “good” soldiers as “Christian soldiers.”
But perhaps the kicker was when Bishop Keith Butler, founder of Word of Faith Church, introduced McCain and Palin with a prayer that ended, “In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
That sentence alone excludes millions of Americans. One of the traveling journalists who was not from Michigan said to his colleague, “This is God country. I believe in God, but this is a little over the top.”
Is it? See for yourself.
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