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.
Gov. Rick Perry has been drawing fire for weeks from activists, watchdog groups and some churches, for partnering with the American Family Association for his upcoming prayer rally in Houston.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is headlining a prayer rally at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Aug. 6 and invited all of the other governors in the country to join him. Gov. Rick Snyder has turned down the invitation.
The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer penned a blog post titled “Native Americans morally disqualified themselves from the land.”
In the wake of a rash of high profile bullying-related suicides in the last few weeks, students at Michigan State University and members of the greater Lansing community gathered on campus for a candle light vigil Wednesday night.
Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan, has added his voice to a growing chorus of American leaders calling for the re-criminalization of homosexuality in the U.S. In an e-mail to Michigan Messenger, here’s how Glenn responded when asked if he supported the criminalization move proposed by the Family Research Council’s Peter [...]
A proposal to prohibit transgendered persons from getting the gender marker on their driver’s license changed made by state Rep. Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc), a candidate for the GOP nomination for Secretary of State, is continuing to make headlines. On Saturday, the Grand Rapids Press ran a story in which they interviewed Scott and other [...]
KALAMAZOO — With the constant din of volunteers talking and phones ringing behind him, City Commissioner David Anderson sat on a metal folding chair at campaign headquarters and explained his reluctant entry into the battle over a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance in this southwest Michigan city. “I didn’t run to work on this issue,” he said, [...]
LANSING — Democratic leaders in the state House on Thursday put off action on bias crime legislation which was passed on for action by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The bill passed out of committee to the full floor on a party line vote, with the eight Democrats voting in favor and five Republicans [...]
Updated, May 13, 12:05 p.m.
LANSING — Members of the House Judiciary Committee will consider a two-bill legislative package during a hearing Wednesday morning, measures that would add sentencing guidelines for violations of the state’s bias crimes act, making it illegal to target a person because of their real or perceived involvement in any of a variety of protected classes, such as sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran’s status, race or religion.
WOOD-TV Channel 8, under pressure from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists in Grand Rapids and from Washington D.C. has announced it will not air a controversial special from the American Family Association. The film can be viewed here.
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