BREAKING: State Dept. of Health and Human Services releases marriage guidance
At 10:30 Friday morning, less than 30 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage equality was the law of the land, the Michigan Department of [...]
DeBoer-Rowse: The Journey To Equality Always About The Children
BY AJ TRAGER HAZEL PARK – April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse describe "actively stumbling" into their lawsuit against the state of Michigan. The case launched [...]
Decision Day Resource Center
BY BTL STAFF LANSING – In the past year, throughout the marriage equality movement, Michigan for Marriage has provided countless LGBT stories, maintained an [...]
June 26: Marriage Equality Now Law Of The Land
By Lisa Keen Jim Obergefell was the named lead plaintiff on the same sex marriage case that affirmed marriage equality in all 50 states June 26. AP photo In a [...]
You Can't Win A Case That You Never File'
BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT – In 2011, when April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse approached Dana Nessel for legal counsel they primarily sought to change Michigan's [...]
1958: Gay Press Wins In SCOTUS' First-Ever Pro-Gay Ruling
On Jan. 13, 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its first ever pro-gay ruling in ONE Inc. v. Olesen, a landmark decision that allowed a magazine for gays [...]
History Of LGBT Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court
Compiled By Shelby Clark Petkus The consolidation of four same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court is not the first example of LGBT issues making [...]
SCOTUS Does Right
Less than an hour after the Supreme Court of the United States released an opinion making marriage equality the law of the land, Ingham County Clerk Barb Bryum [...]
Signorile Speaks On Future Of LGTB Activism
By Gay rights activist, author and radio show host Michelangelo Signorile is not known for being a wallflower when it comes to LGBT equality issues. The [...]
The End Of Michigan For Marriage?
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING – Michigan For Marriage was organized as a collaborative public education campaign to build support for marriage equality in Michigan and [...]
Ingham Celebrates Marriage Equality
By the time Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum closed down her offices Friday, June 26, she had issued 26 marriage licenses and performed 16 ceremonies herself. [...]
Pushback: GOP Dominated Legislature, Marriage Equality And Mini-RFRAs
LANSING — As the nation awaits a decision by the United States Supreme Court as to to whether or not same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, [...]