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Election 2008: Michigan Primary a Must-Win for Mitt Romney
The run up to Super Tuesday from an LGBT perspective
By Karen Ocamb
Money, the pundits have long said, is the 'mother’s milk' of politics. On the other hand, the Beatles might counter, 'money can’t buy you love.' Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who openly gay Rep. Barney Frank has called 'the most intellectually dishonest human being in the history of politics', is about to find out if all the money he’s spent will buy him the love of voters in Michigan.
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Michigan Halts Health Benefits for Gay Couples
By Angela D’Amboise
The Michigan Court of Appeals issued a temporary halt this week to a ruling that allowed governments and public universities to provide health insurance to the partners of gay employees. The dispute goes back to Michigan voters' approval of a constitutional amendment that made the union between a man and a woman the only agreement recognized as a marriage “or similar union for any purpose.”
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Michigan State to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits
By Ross von Metzke
A Michigan judge ruled this week that public universities and governments can provide health insurance to the partners of gay employees without violating the state constitution. The ruling sets aside a legal opinion issued this year by Republican Attorney General Mike Cox saying that the city of Kalamazoo could not provide benefits to gay partners.
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Michigan Gay Benefits Imperiled
As Michigan state employees vote on tentative contracts, a key provision of the pacts affecting same-sex couples could be null and void as a result of last week's election. Under the tentative contracts with five state unions, the same-sex domestic partner benefits would begin Oct. 1, 2005. But, David Fink, director of the Office of the State Employer, Wednesday said that the issue may be nullified.
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Michigan's Governor Speaks Out Against Discriminatory Amendment
By D'Anne Witkowski
Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm spoke out against Proposal 2, the so-called "marriage amendment" that will be on the Nov. 2 ballot, calling it unnecessary and saying it goes too far. If passed, said Granholm, Proposal 2 would inevitably end up in the courts.
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Civil Rights Commission Calls Gay Marriage Amendment 'Hateful'
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission is urging voters to reject amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The Commission voted 5-2 this week to oppose the amendment, that would define marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
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Michigan Gay Marriage Amendment Dies In Discord
A proposed amendment to the Michigan state constitution to bar same-sex marriage died after a state elections board deadlocked Monday over whether to certify petition signatures for the measure. A conservative group which collected nearly a half-million signatures was attempting to have the measure placed on the November ballot.
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Michigan Group Submits Half-Million Signatures To Force Gay Marriage Vote
A conservative action group Monday submitted nearly 500,000 signatures on a petition to get a proposed amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage placed on the November ballot. Under Michigan law any citizen group which collects 317,000 valid signatures from registered voters can have an issue put to voters.
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