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.
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR MI) has written a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking for an investigation into whether Pittsfield Township violated the First Amendment rights by rejecting a Muslim group’s application to build a Muslim private school.
A local church has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Hazel Park under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act after being turned down by the local zoning board in their request to open a new church building in a commercial area of town. Crain’s Detroit Business reports:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has rejected a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Catholic organization against Northville Township over a zoning dispute. Judge Paul Borman dismissed the case on grounds of “ripeness,” ruling that the Miles Christi religious order had not exhausted all of their administrative options before filing [...]
The ACLU of Michigan says the city of Ferndale will be violating the rights of a church if they deny them permission to feed and house the homeless under local zoning regulations. They’ve sent a letter to the city urging the zoning board to approve a permit allowing the church to operate a homeless shelter [...]
In the latest in a string of defeats, another Michigan church has lost an appeal in a case challenging a local municipality’s zoning ordinances.
This is a brief roundup of several developing stories involving separation of church and state in Michigan. As the stories develop, Michigan Messenger may have more detailed coverage of them. A religious challenge to zoning laws in St. Joseph A retired construction worker in St. Joseph, Mich., wants to put up a 30-foot illuminated cross [...]
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