Will This Court Case Recognize Non-Biological LGBTQ+ Parents?
The Michigan Supreme Court gives a fresh look at an old doctrine in light of Obergefell v. Hodges.
April 10, 2023
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ACLU Seeks Recognition for 300 Michigan Marriages
For less than 24 hours, marriage equality was the law of the land in Michigan. Now the ACLU is suing the state to make sure the same-sex couples who married get the rights they're entitled to.
April 14, 2014
Advocate Channel
Will ACLU Take On Michigan's Antigay Adoption Law?
The civil rights organization is hunting for a constitutional solution to the law that discriminates against LGBT couples.
June 15, 2015
ACLU Sues Michigan Over 'Religious Objections' Adoption Law
The law violates the Constitution by allowing state-contracted agencies to discriminate against LGBT people and others who offend their beliefs.
September 20, 2017
Workers Challenge Michigan Law Rescinding Health Insurance for Gay Partners
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a law that bans many public agencies in the state from providing health insurance to employees' domestic partners.
January 6, 2012
Federal Judge Rules Michigan Must Recognize Married Same-Sex Couples
A judge ruled that Michigan's decision not to recognize the marriages of 300 same-sex couples 'unquestionably wounds them deeply.'
January 15, 2015
Anti-LGBTQ Coalition Campaigns Against Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
The Keep Kids First campaign argues for faith-based adoption agencies' right to discriminate.
September 27, 2018
Aimee Stephens, Fired for Being Trans, Decided to Live and Fight Back
After contemplating suicide, Aimee Stephens came out to her employer as trans, then got fired. Now SCOTUS will decide if her termination was illegal.
October 1, 2019
Funeral Home That Fired Aimee Stephens Must Pay $250K to Estate, ACLU
Detroit-area company R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes owes back pay and damages, and must cease anti-trans discrimination going forward.
December 1, 2020
Energizing the Black LGBTQ+ Vote in Swing State Michigan
An LGBTQ+ center in Detroit is working to combat voter suppression in a state Trump narrowly won in 2016.
August 13, 2020
Aimee Stephens, Trans Plaintiff in Supreme Court Case, Dies at 59
Stephens was fired after coming out as trans and fought back in court.
May 12, 2020
Mich. Gov. Vows to Veto Not-Yet-Passed RFRA
Gov. Rick Snyder says he'd veto such a bill unless it's accompanied by one banning discrimination against LGBT Michiganders.
April 3, 2015
Mich. Gov. Agrees to Recognize 300 Same-Sex Marriages
But the state will continue to defend its ban on such unions at the Supreme Court this spring.
February 4, 2015
Judge Blocks Michigan's Pro-LGBTQ Adoption Nondiscrimination Policy
The federal judge contends an adoption agency that won't serve LGBTQ parents doesn't really discriminate because it sends them elsewhere.
September 27, 2019
Court: Philly Can Make Foster Care Agencies Abide by Antibias Law
The city was within its rights in ending a contract with an agency that wouldn't serve same-sex couples, says a federal judge.
July 14, 2018
Two States Could Let Gay Couples Be Excluded in Adoptions
Opponents call the bills a 'license to discriminate' and say they prioritize an adoption agency's beliefs over the best interests of the child seeking a home.
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March 19, 2015
WATCH: Mich. Suspends Rights of Gay Married Couples
Michigan governor Rick Snyder confirmed that the more than 300 same-sex marriages performed in the hours when they were allowed are legal, but the couples won't have access to benefits.
March 27, 2014
Michigan Claims 300 Same-Sex Marriages 'Never Existed'
The Sixth Circuit's decision upholding marriage bans is being cited as reason to ignore 300 same-sex couples who got marriage licenses.
November 16, 2014
The ACLU’s Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights Will Continue for Years to Come
The battle never ends, only evolves.
March 4, 2021