Lesbian Notions
By Paula Martinac Elect to get involved In response to the presidential-election debacle of 2000, in which both parties reported voting irregularities in a [...]
Love is no currency in a Texas court
By Mubarak Dahir William Ross shouldn't be homeless. But he is. Because in Texas, like in so many places in America, a loving relationship between two people [...]
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Politics House blocks court on pledge case rulings WASHINGTON – The House passed 247-173 legislation Sept. 23 that would prohibit [...]
Opposition abounds for conscientious objector bills at hearing
Photos are: Hammerstrom: Senator Hammerstrom, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health Policy. Jacobs: Senator Gilda Z. Jacobs, (D-Huntington Woods.) LANSING – [...]
Proposal 2 losing ground
By Dawn Wolfe Poll numbers released by CNN on Sept. 21 showed that support for Proposal 2, which would ban recognition of marriages of same-sex couples, civil [...]
Vote For Change - and rock hard while you're at it!
VFC1: (from left to right) Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam), Boyd Tinsley (Dave Matthews Band), Jackson Browne, Martie Maguire (Dixie Chicks), Steven Van Zandt (Bruce [...]
Rev. Karl Jackson
In this special feature, which will run weekly through election day, Between The Lines will profile people from across the state who are working diligently to [...]
Tell your story
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking same-sex couples to tell their stories to help in the fight to make marriage equal in America. The most powerful [...]
Bound for the big city
There's no doubt about it. She transformed the religious service experience for many thousands in Metropolitan Detroit. Now, after six years, Marianne [...]
Brent Reloaded: I love being in love
By Brent Dorian Carpenter Ah, spring is in the air in Michigan! Lovely as that sentiment may seem on its surface, I remind you it's early August, summer [...]
Conference to address needs of LGBT youth in religious schools
GRAND RAPIDS – When Don Bergman's 23-year-old son came out to him, his eyes were opened to a problem he didn't even realize existed: anti-gay harassment in [...]
Bravo, bravo, bravo!
Dear BTL, RE: "Bi Any Means Neccessary," Aug. 12. This is the first article I have read in some time that has made me feel excited, happy, and pleased. Thank [...]
