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August wedding for Detroit-area couple in gay marriage case
Their lawsuit erased Michigan’s ban on gay marriage. Now, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse will be getting married on August 22.
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State civil rights commission to discuss same-sex marriage today
The meeting will include a report about the U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling’s impact on state law.
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Same-sex marriage ruling leads to immediate vows in Michigan
Many Michigan gay couples quickly married Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in a case involving two Detroit-area nurses who said they were elated “that this day has finally come.”
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Michigan governor signs bill allowing adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a law letting private adoption agencies with state contracts decline to participate in referrals against their religious beliefs, despite criticism that it amounts to government-sanctioned discrimination against gay couples.
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Michigan lawmakers OK bill allowing adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples
Faith-based agencies with state contracts can refuse to participate in adoption referrals that violate their beliefs under legislation approved Wednesday by Michigan’s Republican Legislature, despite objections it would permit discrimination against gay couples.
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ACLU sues Michigan over driver’s licenses for transgender individuals
Six transgender Michigan residents sued the state Thursday over its strict policy on changing gender identities on driver’s licenses.
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Mom: Pastor outed on Grindr told her gay son he was going to hell
A parent has come forward with new accusations against the anti-gay pastor who was outed on Grindr, and says the pastor told her suicidal gay son he might as well commit suicide.
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Anti-LGBT pastor resigns after Grindr photos, hook-up conversations exposed
Rev. Matthew Makela resigned as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church just one day before Queerty posted screenshots and text messages of sexually explicit conversations between the pastor and other men.
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Michigan Democrats push for LGBT rights protections in state’s civil rights act
Democrat lawmakers are asking the Legislature to add protections for LGBT people to Michigan’s civil rights act. The effort comes a day after a Senate committee held a hearing on a bill that backers say protects people’s religious freedom.
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Judge won’t order Michigan to recognize dying man’s same-sex marriage
A federal judge has refused to grant a dying man and his partner state recognition of their marriage ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans.