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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 chambers of commerce for joining a business-backed push to amend the law.
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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 told a federal judge Tuesday.
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ACLU files suit to enforce legal rights of newly married Mich. same-sex couples
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union says it’s filing a lawsuit to enforce the legal rights of about 300 same-sex couples who were married during a one-day window between separate federal court decisions.
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Governor: Mich. won’t recognize 300+ same-sex marriages performed Saturday
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan won’t recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages performed last weekend before a court halted a decision that opened the door to gay nuptials, Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday.
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Snyder nears verdict on status of Mich. same-sex marriage licenses
DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday he wants to quickly decide the legal status of hundreds of same-sex marriages conducted after a judge struck down Michigan’s gay marriage ban but before the ruling was halted.
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Michigan governor Rick Snyder stays cautious on same-sex marriage
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, who keeps mostly silent on social issues in favor of focusing on the economy, is stepping carefully on the issue of same-sex marriage after a judge’s declaration that the state’s ban is unconstitutional.
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Mich. governor to wait for appeals court before recognizing same-sex marriages
DETROIT — Michigan state agencies won’t immediately recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages that were performed in the hours before an appeals court put on hold a judge’s ruling that tossed out a state ban on gay marriage, the governor’s office said Sunday.
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Mich. governor asks judge to uphold ban on partner benefits for gay couples
LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder wants a federal judge to continue Michigan’s ban on domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples who work for state and local governments.
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Mich. governor: Will discuss expanding gay rights, but won’t take the lead
LANSING, Mich. — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder says he’s open to the idea of extending civil rights protections to gay people, as long as the GOP-led Michigan Legislature is ready to collaborate.
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Mich. governor condemns GOP leader’s remark that gays are dying of AIDS
LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan has condemned GOP National Committee member Dave Agema’s statement that gay people are seeking health insurance for same-sex partners because they are dying of AIDS and want free medical care.
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Florida’s Charlie Crist plots political comeback as Democrat
Nearly three years after losing a U.S. Senate campaign to Republican Marco Rubio and leaving the governor’s mansion, Charlie Crist is plotting a political comeback that seems fantastical even by Florida’s stranger-than-fiction standards.
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Mich. governor too focused on jobs to articulate an opinion on LGBT rights
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan governor Rick Snyder is so focused on jobs that he remains unable to articulate an opinion on whether he supports or opposes expanding civil rights protections based on sexual orientation.