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Mich. legislature adjourns without final passage of ‘license to discriminate’ bill
The state Senate adjourned its 2013-14 session without considering a controversial religious freedom bill approved by House lawmakers earlier this month.
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Help sought in locating transgender man who disappeared ten days ago
Jay Ralko, 22, disappeared in Warren, Mich., on Dec. 10 after he left behind a note for his roommate indicating there was an emergency.
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Mich. organization to match donations for agencies serving LGBT community
A Michigan-based philanthropic organization has launched a matching gift program for a fund that supports projects at nonprofit agencies serving the area’s LGBT community.
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Michigan House approves ‘license to discriminate’ religious freedom bill
LANSING, Mich. — A bill that supporters say would protect people’s right to exercise their religious beliefs free from government overreach has won approval from the Michigan House. The Republican-led House voted 59-50 along party lines Thursday to move the legislation to the Senate, just hours after it was approved by a House committee.
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Mich. House lawmakers adjourn hearing without voting on anti-LGBT bias bill
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan lawmakers have adjourned a historic legislative hearing without voting on a measure that would update the state’s anti-discrimination law to include protections for LGBT citizens.
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Detroit nurses challenging Michigan gay marriage ban adopt 4th child
HAZEL PARK, Mich. — Two Detroit-area nurses who are challenging Michigan’s ban on gay marriage are raising a fourth adopted child. The adoption of 2-year-old Rylee DeBoer-Rowse became final in Oakland County on Tuesday, a day when adoptions were publicly celebrated across Michigan.
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Michigan AG urges U.S. Supreme Court to hear gay marriage case
LANSING, Mich. — Attorney General Bill Schuette and supporters of gay marriage have at least one thing in common: They want the U.S. Supreme Court to use a Michigan case to settle the legality of same-sex marriage.
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Michigan civil rights commission urges protections for LGBT community
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Civil Rights Commission is calling on the state Legislature to prohibit discrimination against gays by passing civil rights protections for sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Archbishop bans speaker from Catholic support group meeting at Detroit parish
DETROIT — The Archdiocese of Detroit has banned a Catholic support group from using a Detroit parish for a meeting with a pro-gay rights speaker. The Detroit Free Press reports Archbishop Allen Vigneron prohibited a talk by Francis DeBernardo for Catholic families with gay members that was scheduled for Saturday.
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Michigan, Kentucky couples take gay marriage cases to U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — A same-sex couple from Michigan is putting the question of the right to marry nationwide squarely before the Supreme Court. The couple’s plea to be allowed to marry was being filed Monday. It asks the justices to hold that state laws prohibiting same-sex couples from getting married violate “our nation’s most cherished and essential guarantees.”