Blog tagged as Civil Rights

In a 5-2 vote, the “Homeless Bill of Rights” moved to the House Economic Development and Small Business committee from its Housing subcommittee on Thursday.

An exoneree would face fewer hurdles to receiving state compensation for having been wrongfully convicted under a Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) bill that received a hearing Wednesday in the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.

A federal appellate panel held two religious entities have established standing in their challenge to Michigan’s civil rights law that now includes sexual orientation and gender identity protections.

Three religious entities argued to a federal appeals court Tuesday that their freedom to exercise their religious beliefs in not hiring anyone from the LGBTQ community does not violate the state's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA).

In response to reports coming out of the University of Michigan of protestors using terms like “intifada,” which refers to periods of violence against Jews, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday said “hateful rhetoric” at “college campuses” is unacceptable.