Articles tagged: gay rights
MLive: Andrew Shirvell stands behind Republican Dave Agema after anti-gay Facebook posts
Posted: Apr 03, 2013Andrew Shirvell, the assistant state attorney general fired for blog posts against a gay University of Michigan student body president, is standing behind embattled Republican Dave Agema. Read more »
Local Republicans join call for Dave Agema's resignation after anti-gay Facebook post
Posted: Mar 28, 2013A group of 21 young Republican activists are calling on Republican National Committeeman David Agema to resign in response to an anti-gay post on his Facebook page. Read more »
Ann Arbor LGBT community group joins statewide hunger strike for gay rights
Posted: Aug 02, 2012A 100-day hunger strike that kicked off this week in metro Detroit to bring attention to the issue of gay rights in Michigan has brought lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community leaders together from Ann ... Read more »
OPINION: 14th Amendment wrong way to go when arguing the case for same-sex marriage
Posted: Jun 01, 2012I’m pretty much a live-and-let-live kind of guy, but when I see people having success with a flawed or disingenuous argument, I can’t keep quiet. Some of the reasoning against same-sex marriage is in this ... Read more »
Rebekah Warren introducing legislation to protect gays against discrimination in Michigan
Posted: Mar 21, 2012State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, will be joined by gay rights activists Thursday to announce legislation to amend Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. Read more »
House-approved education budget adds 5 percent cut to Michigan universities that offer domestic partner benefits
Posted: May 06, 2011On top of a 15 percent cut to Michigan universities, the state education budget approved Thursday night by House Republicans would add a 5 percent cut to universities that offer domestic partner benefits to their employees. Read more »
Jodi Picoult's 'Sing You Home' is one of her greatest literary triumphs
Posted: Feb 28, 2011Jodi Picoult's 18th novel, "Sing You Home," is also one of her best. It goes on sale Tuesday, March 1, and is definitely worth the read.So far in her 18-novel career, we’ve seen Jodi Picoult ... Read more »
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