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Petition drive forces Royal Oak, Mich., to put gay rights measure on the ballot
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.
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Detroit Catholic leaders say gay marriage supporters should resist Communion
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.
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Twelve years later, Mich. resident aims to block gay rights law once again
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.
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Mich. RNC member: I won’t resign for ‘filthy homosexuals’ Facebook post
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.
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Tribal same-sex marriage bill approved, gay couple weds
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.
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Human rights ordinance on hold in Royal Oak, Mich., as opponents seek voter approval
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.
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Chairman of Native American tribe OK’s same-sex marriage, will wed two men
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.
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U.S. Sen. Carl Levin will not seek re-election in 2014
WASHINGTON — The senior U.S. Senator who, as chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, shepherded the repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay and lesbian service members, has announced that he will retire at the end of this term in 2014.
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Judge: No immediate ruling on Michigan’s gay marriage ban
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.
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Adoption case could lead to groundbreaking challenge to Mich. gay marriage ban
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.