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.
LANSING — As the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally communities gear up for two high profile events — the Michigan Pride march, rally and festival on Saturday at the state Capitol and a two-hour event this evening at Grand Valley State University to counter the message of the ex-gay movement — the recent high-profile shootings by alleged right-wing extremists have police agencies in Michigan paying closer attention.
A 1976 letter to the Daily Princetonian expressing dismay about the ransacking of the dorm room of two members of the Gay Alliance of Princeton has come to light. Among the 39 signers was Sonya Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.
The American Family Association of Michigan, headed by Gary Glenn, has responded to a call by leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement to repeal the 2004 marriage amendment by 2012 “delusional.” In an action alert sent out by the group, Glenn writes:
LANSING — A crowd of nearly 100 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their supporters protested on the steps of the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday night in opposition to a California Supreme Court ruling which upheld a ban on same-sex marriage approved by Golden State voters last November.
Organizers said the event was “to call for absolute equality” in the state of Michigan for LGBT persons, with some advocates calling for an effort to put a new marriage equality amendment on the 2012 ballot.
DETROIT — U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, said Saturday in an interview with Michigan Messenger that the votes are in place in the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Gay rights advocates have been working to get the law repealed as more states pass [...]
DETROIT — U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, says it is time to repeal the 16-year-old ban on openly gay service members in the U.S. military but the White House has signaled it is hesitant to use its “stop-loss” powers to prevent gay service members from being forced out of the military.
Charles Pugh, a former Detroit Fox 2 anchor and WLJB radio morning personality, has confirmed with the Detroit Free Press that he is running for the Detroit City Council. Pugh, 37, is openly gay, and as Michigan Messenger reported earlier this month, his candidacy will test acceptance of LBGT folks in Detroit.
Dan Levy, chief legal officer of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, announced today that two bills have been introduced in the state House to combat hate crimes. The bills, HB 4835 and HB 4836, were introduced by Rep. Robert Jones (D-Kalamazoo) and Rep. Woodrow Stanley (D-Flint), respectively. HB 4835 will add additional sentencing for [...]
A bill that will allow a second adult to adopt a child — and thus share in the legal responsibilities of caring for the child — has passed its first hurdle in the process of becoming law. In a party line vote the bill was sent from the House Judiciary Committee this morning for consideration [...]
If students from the Michigan State University branch of the ACLU get their way, future students at the land grant university will have the option to room with a person of the opposite gender, The State News reports. Current MSU policy prohibits co-habitation of two people of the opposite sex. That rule, some have argued, [...]
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