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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

Christian missionaries will stand trial in Dearborn

By Ed Brayton | 09.20.10 | 7:30 am

The four Christian missionaries arrested for disorderly conduct for preaching to a predominately Muslim crowd at the Dearborn International Arab Festival in June will stand trial after the judge refused to grant a motion filed by defense attorneys to dismiss the case.

The Thomas More Law Center, which is defending the missionaries, the ACLU of Michigan — two groups that rarely agree — and constitutional law professors told the Michigan Messenger that the arrests appear to violate the First Amendment.

Comments

  • dbarnard1943

    SHOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED. FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THEY CAN GO AND BE ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO

    • bittercling

      Some animals are more equal than others. 1A does not apply to whites, males, or Christians.

  • toka248

    They should probably get beat up though for being dickheads..

    • growerotl

      Gee, what an intelligent comment from the Left.

    • bittercling

      So in your opinion, it is acceptable to physically assault those you disagree with? What happened to all that tolerance and inclusion on the left?

      • UdabnTheFeared

        I'm a republican and it sounds like they were being dickheads. You don't throw rocks at a hornets' nest just because you have the right to.

        • bittercling

          So because you think they were “dickheads” that makes it okay to beat them up?

          • UdabnTheFeared

            Not at all. I hope they had fun in jail!

          • bittercling

            You admit they had the right to do what they did, but you are happy they got arrested. Classy. This is what's wrong with the GOP today and part of the reason I find it increasingly more difficult to vote Republican. Both the Rs and the Ds support big government and a loss of individual liberty. It is now just down to which brand of tyranny you'd like. Damn, I wish I could vote “none of the above.”