Craig Covey
Byrnes calls for repeal of Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban
Following up on a June surprise, Michigan House Speaker Pro Tem Pam Byrnes on Wednesday announced she had introduced legislation to roll back a 2004 constitutional amendment which bans same-sex marriage in the state.
Michigan’s first openly gay mayor weighs in on screenwriter controversy at Hope College
Hope College officials are sticking by their guns in demanding that Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black can come to campus to speak, but only on the topic of screenwriting. Officials say Black is barred from discussing gay rights, because he is an advocate for them.
Black wrote the Oscar winning screenplay for the film “Milk,” [...]
Condom ad in MSU newspaper arouses controversy
A new advertising campaign by condom company Durex is raising eyebrows, and questions, at Michigan State University about how to have a healthy conversation about safer sex.
MAPP chief: No surprise that AIDS estimate was way off
The CDC has just released new estimates of the number of people in the nation newly infected with HIV in 2006, and they show an increase of 34 percent. But Midwest AIDS Prevention Project (MAPP) Executive Director Craig Covey says there is no surprise in the increase.


