Blog tagged as LGBTQ

With a 64-45 bipartisan vote, the House Wednesday passed SB 4, legislation to make Michigan the 24th state to give some civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 03/01/2023) What's next for the LGBTQ community with the expansion of the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act on its way to a receptive Democratic-controlled House and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer?

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 02/09/2023) Efforts to insert language for “civil protections for religious organizations” into SB 4, which would expand civil rights protections to the LGBTQ+ community, died Thursday as the original bill moved out of committee.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 12/06/22) A Catholic Church in St. Johns is challenging the Michigan Supreme Court's ruling that expanded the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity on the grounds that it discriminates against its religious beliefs.

The Whitmer administration asked state Superintendent Michael Rice to take another look its at LGBTQ training videos . . .”