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Gay lawmaker flees home after receiving threatening messages
One of the messages used anti-gay slurs as the Democrat was being attacked for supporting his state’s mask mandate.
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Another anti-gay Republican opposed to coronavirus prevention measures has COVID
“My kids… spent Memorial Day weekend running through a lawn sprinkler because our governor has closed down the beaches,” he whined.
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Gay Michigan Rep. Jon Hoadley sets his sights on Congress
He says he loves helping his constituents. “That feeling is incredible.” Now he wants to help LGBTQ equality and health care access at the federal level.
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States declare churches “essential” to exempt them from coronavirus prevention measures
States are trying to keep people from congregating in large groups, but Texas, Florida, and others are carving out religious exemptions.
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8 women Joe Biden should seriously consider for Veep
Biden has officially committed to picking a woman as his running mate. Now the question is… who?
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Democrats are showing why the midterms mattered for LGBTQ rights
New governors in Wisconsin and Michigan started their terms by extending protections to LGBTQ workers and people getting state services, while House Democrats banned employment discrimination for their staffers.
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Republicans found an easy way around their midterm losses: cheat
Republicans are trying to nullify election results in three states and, in one race, resorted to what looks like outright election fraud to hold onto power.
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Michigan House strips exceptions from anti-bullying bill, sends it back to Senate
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan House of Representative this week passed its own version of the anti-bullying bill, removing the controversial language inserted by Senate Republicans that allowed for exceptions to the law for “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.”
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Michigan’s children speak out against Republican pro-bullying legislation
Michigan state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) is leading the fight against against GOP efforts to create a “license to bully” that gives kids the ability to bully based on “religious or moral convictions.”
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Critics blast anti-bullying law for allowing exceptions based on religion, moral beliefs
The Michigan state Senate on Wednesday passed the “Matt’s Safe School Law,” an anti-bullying bill that contained a last minute addition by senate Republicans that essentially nullified the bill by allowing an exception to the law for “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil’s parent or guardian.”