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.
Pastor Terry Jones, the Florida minister who burned a Quran at his church a few weeks ago, sparking violent protests in Afghanistan, is planning to protest outside a famous mosque in Dearborn — and the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office wants to stop him.
Albion College President Donna Randall issued a public statement on Wednesday concerning the burning of a gay pride flag on the college campus last month. Randall said that the school’s investigation revealed that a small group of students found the flag in a trash can and decided to burn it. No one else was present [...]
A federal district judge has issued a preliminary injunction (PDF) in a case filed against the Holly Area School District over the school district’s refusal to allow a student and parent from distributing invitations to a Christian summer camp to other students and parents at an elementary school there. The student was forbidden by school [...]
An interesting development in the case of the four Christian missionaries arrested at the Dearborn International Arab Festival in June: A Muslim attorney from Dearborn organized a rally in defense of the four missionaries at Dearborn City Hall on Monday, condemning the police for the arrest and for violating the First Amendment. The Detroit Free [...]
For the second year in a row civil libertarians have accused the Dearborn Police Department of violating the First Amendment by arresting Christian missionaries talking and handing out literature to predominately Muslim attendees of the Dearborn International Arab Festival.
Several Michigan lawmakers are proposing a bill that would create a $5,000 penalty for anyone interrupting a church service. Bill sponsor Rep. Dave Agema of the 74th district, which includes parts of Kent and Ottawa counties, says that a few dozen legislators have agreed to co-sponsor the legislation.
Last week I wrote about the grave danger to liberty posed by an international movement demanding that nations pass laws against “defamation of religion.” This week, a key United Nations committee adopted yet another resolution calling for such laws.
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