Rick Snyder

Michigan just banned anti-LGBTQ discrimination in a landmark decision

The legislature wouldn't ban anti-LGBTQ discrimination, so the state found another way to do it.

Read more →
Republican governor picks pastor who preaches hate to lead the Civil Rights Commission

The pastor has made a career out of opposing LGBTQ rights. Now he's in charge of stopping discrimination in Michigan.

Read more →
Oprah for president? Chelsea Manning for Senate? We can & we must do better.

As the Trump administration has shown time and again, popularity but a lack relevant experience is not a winning combination for a good leader.

Read more →
New allegations: Education nominee Betsy DeVos funded radical Christian academy

Truth Wins Out claims DeVos funded a Christian extremist group intent on indoctrinating youth in the way “Stalin, Hitler and Lenin" did.

Read more →
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.

Read more →
Michigan governor reiterates he would veto religious objections bill that doesn’t protect gays

Gov. Rick Snyder warned Thursday that he would veto religious objections legislation unless lawmakers also send him a bill extending anti-discrimination protections to gays.

Read more →
Mich. governor hopes to revive legislation prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to resuscitate legislation that would protect gay and transgender residents from discrimination, while LGBT advocates explore asking voters to pass the bill since it's unlikely to clear the GOP-led Legislature.

Read more →
Michigan governor urges debate on protecting gays from discrimination

Gov. Rick Snyder is urging the Republican-led Legislature to keep alive a bill that would amend Michigan's civil rights law to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Read more →
Mich. governor, business coalition urge adding statewide LGBT protections

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. -- Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday urged legislators to consider updating Michigan's civil rights law to prohibit discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity, applauding companies and the state's two largest regional…

Read more →
Judge takes up Michigan ban on domestic partner benefits

DETROIT -- A ban on benefits for domestic partners in Michigan public schools and local governments might not save much money, but that's not a reason to throw out the law, a lawyer for the state…

Read more →