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Saturday is the 11-year wedding anniversary for more than 300 gay and lesbian couples who were married in Michigan following a landmark court decision. The evening before, a federal judge in Detroit ruled Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban violated the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause. The decision sent hundreds of couples dashing to clergy and courthouses to get married while they could. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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A Democratic state lawmaker has sponsored a proposal to strike the language of the dormant same-sex marriage ban from the Michigan Constitution. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Several Michigan state representatives desiring the reversal of same-sex marriage are hoping to pass a resolution condemning it. Long-time Ann Arbor LGBT Rights organization the Jim Toy Center for decades advocated for same-sex marriage and is ready to fight again to uphold it. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.
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A group of seven conservative Republican state lawmakers sponsored a resolution Tuesday calling on the US Supreme Court to reverse its decision to legalize same-sex marriage. Rick Pluta has more.
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The Michigan House has passed a resolution denouncing the use of racist language among lawmakers. Colin Jackson has more.
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A Republican state lawmaker has lost his office staff and been stripped of his committee assignments for sharing a racist social media post. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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A Republican state lawmaker is facing widespread criticism for a social media post that appears to endorse a racist theory that a global conspiracy is trying to replace white people. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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People convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence would be automatically barred from possessing firearms for an eight-year-period under bills that have cleared the state House. We have more from Rick Pluta.