Michigan

LANSING, Mich. -- A new poll finds that a majority of Michigan voters support repealing the state's ban on same-sex marriage, and replacing it with an amendment to allow gay couples the freedom to marry. [ Read more → ]

LANSING, Mich. — A decision to provide health insurance to same-sex domestic partners of Michigan state government employees has been left intact. [ Read more → ]

ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Residents of the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak will vote in November on a human rights ordinance that would make it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation and a number of other factors. [ Read more → ]

DETROIT -- The Catholic Archbishop of Detroit says that that Catholics who receive Communion while advocating in favor of same-sex marriage is an act of "perjury," while a local professor advised that those who "promote" gay marriage should not try to receive holy Communion. [ Read more → ]

ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- - A Royal Oak, Mich., resident says he's submitted petitions to force a referendum on a new gay rights ordinance in the Detroit suburb. [ Read more → ]

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan member of the Republican National Committee said Thursday he will not resign after posting an article critical of gay people on his Facebook page, despite calls from members of his own party that he step down. [ Read more → ]

HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. -- With an exchange of rings and a kiss, two men became spouses Friday during a ceremony at a northern Michigan Indian reservation after the tribal chairman signed a measure approving same-sex marriage in a state where it's officially banned. [ Read more → ]

ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- A suburban Detroit community's human rights ordinance that would make it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation and a number of other factors has been placed on hold as opponents seek to put the issue before voters. [ Read more → ]

HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. — The chairman of a northern Michigan Indian tribe says he'll sign a same-sex marriage bill Friday, then preside at the wedding of two men. [ Read more → ]

DETROIT -- A judge said Thursday that a lesbian couple seeking to jointly adopt children made a "compelling" case Michigan's gay marriage ban violates the U.S. Constitution, but he wants to wait for guidance from the Supreme Court before deciding whether to throw it out. [ Read more → ]

DETROIT -- A lesbian couple's desire to adopt each other's children has grown into a potentially groundbreaking challenge to Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The city commission in Royal Oak, Mich., a suburban Detroit municipality, on Monday approved an ordinance prohibiting discrimination against LGBT and HIV positive residents in the areas of housing and employment. [ Read more → ]

DETROIT -- A man who assaulted another man at a Detroit-area gas station in 2011 because he believed his victim was gay, has been sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison. [ Read more → ]

LANSING, Mich. -- Anti-LGBT discrimination is destructive to Michigan's economy, according to a report released Friday by the state's Department of Civil Rights. [ Read more → ]

SOUTH LYON, Mich. -- A Detroit-area middle school teacher who was suspended last week for playing a "gay theme" song in class, has been reinstated and her docked pay restored following public outcry. [ Read more → ]

FENTON, Mich. -- The parents of a Michigan high school student who took his own life last week believe anti-gay bullying is to blame. [ Read more → ]

SOUTH LYON, Mich. -- A Detroit-area middle school teacher has been suspended after playing a song in class that included lyrics about harassment faced by gay youth. [ Read more → ]

ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- The Royal Oak, Mich., City Commission this week voted unanimously to approve drafting of an ordinance that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. [ Read more → ]

TROY, Mich. -- Janice Daniels, the homophobic mayor of Troy, Mich., who has previously called homosexuality "a mental disease," was ousted from office Tuesday in a recall election. [ Read more → ]

DETROIT -- A lesbian couple in Michigan, currently battling the state's ban on adoption by unmarried couples, is expanding their fight to include a challenge against the state's ban on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]