Todd Heywood
Marriage Equality: 'It's Coming' Say LGBT Advocates
Michigan Equality Executive Director Emily Dievendorf, Michigan For Marriage Coalition Manager Regina Caicagno and attorney Jay Kaplan of the ACLU of Michigan LGBT Project discuss the state of marriage equality Oct. 14. BTL photo: Todd Heywood EAST [...]
Pastors Challenge Civil Rights For Michigan Gays
Stacy Swimp, a right wing advocate and minister in Flint and Jackson, spoke of the steps of the Capitol in Lansing saying, "The homosexual movement is an anti-freedom movement." BTL photo: Todd Heywood Pastors and Christian leaders gathered on the [...]
GOP Hopeful Wants 'Christians' Fleeing MI If Gays Get Civil Rights
Candidate Jordan Haskins and Bill Schuette, uploaded to Haskins campaign page on Facebook on March 31. Jordan Haskins wants to be the Republican house member representing Michigan's 95th House District. And he wants everyone to know he is a staunch, [...]
MSHDA Under Investigation, Snyder Fundraiser Raises Questions
LANSING – You thought YOU had a bad Monday. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's day started with revelations that the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) is under federal investigation. Then the Michigan Democratic Party released [...]
Mark Totten Seeks Attorney General Seat, Speaks Out On Schuette
For Democrat Mark Totten, 40, his bid to replace Republican Bill Schuette, 60, as Michigan's Attorney General is a mission. "I think Michigan families need an Attorney General who is going to keep them safe and not let politics get in the way," [...]
White Nationalists Ponder: Is Nazism Enough?
Remember that one time the white nationalist group filed an amicus against marriage equality? You know, The Traditionalist Youth Network — attorneys of record Kyle Bristow and Jason VanDyke — said marriage equality was bad because… well, because [...]
BREAKING: National Republicans Pull Nearly $1 Million In Advertising For Land
Embattled Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Terri Lynn Land, is going to have nearly a million less in advertising flooding Michigan airwaves in the last two weeks of the general election. The National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed [...]
National Republicans Pull Nearly $1 Million In Advertising For Land
Embattled Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Terri Lynn Land, is going to have nearly a million less in advertising flooding Michigan airwaves in the last two weeks of the general election. The National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed [...]
All Eyes On Michigan As SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Marriage Equality Cases
Jayne Rowse, left, and April DeBoer at the 6th Circuit Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio Aug. 6, where the DeBoer v Snyder Michigan marriage case was heard along with same-sex marriage cases from Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The court has not issueed [...]
BREAKING: Dems File Complaint With IRS, State Department Of Treasury Over Land Signs At Charity
LANSING – The Michigan Democratic Party filed a formal complaint last week with both the IRS and the Michigan Department of Treasury over allegations a charity controlled by Land's family members may have violated nonprofit rules prohibiting [...]
GOP National Committeeman Calls Islam 'Biggest Threat to the World Today'
Republican National Committeeman and former state lawmaker, Dave Agema, is at it again. This time, he has declared in a public Facebook post that Islam is "the biggest threat to the world today." The post was made shortly before 8:45 a.m. on Sept. [...]
BREAKING: Is Terri Lynn Land's Family Violating Nonprofit Regulations?
12ÔÑÑÔÑÖOn Tuesday, The Huffington Post published an expose exploring the relationship between a non-profit "Christian" charity and Republican Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land and her family. The World Mission non-profit – which has a mission to [...]