Presently there are movements afoot, both in Ann Arbor and in Ypsilanti, to pull products by Eden Foods off the shelves of our respective food co-ops. Following is a conversation with Georgina Hickey, who is leading the charge in Ypsilanti, and Ann Rogers, who is doing the same in Ann Arbor, explaining why, in their […]
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The campaign to get Eden Foods products off our local co-op shelves
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Ann Rogers, boycotts, Cheryl Farmer, co-ops, Dan Gillotte, Eden Foods, Georgina Hickey, GMO, Hobby Lobby, Michael Potter, National Organization for Women, NOW, old white men making decisions on women's health, People's Food Co-op, petitions, religious extremism, reproductive justice, soy, soymilk, Supreme Court, Wheatsville, women's health, Ypsi Food Co-op 70 Comments
Welcome to Michigan, where we invest in anti-abortion pseudo-science bullying instead of things that actually work, like comprehensive sex education
Last year, Republicans in Michigan’s legislature passed a budget which included a $700,000 “abortion alternatives program” to be managed by the faith-based organization Real Alternatives. While the Pennsylvania non-profit claims to have brought the abortion rate in their home state Detroit News. The Michigan Legislature won’t fix the roads. It hasn’t shown much interest in […]
Posted in Church and State, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion, abstinence only, anti-abortion, anti-choice, anti-science, Jeff Irwin, Kevin Bagatta, Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services Program, Pennsylvania, pregnancy, pro-life, Progressive Women's Caucus, pseudo-science, Pure Michigan, Real Alternatives, women's health, women's rights 12 Comments
No Rubbers at Domino’s Farms: Tom Monaghan granted another temporary injunction against Obamacare contraception mandate by Judge Lawrence Zaktoff
Finding common cause with the freedom fighters of the adult film industry, Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan won a big legal victory late last week, ensuring, at least for the time being, that he’d be able to keep his Michigan workplace condom-free. On Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff ruled in Tom Monaghan’s favor, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Ave Maria, Boogie Down Productions, Catholicism, Christian dominionists, College Republicans, discrimination, Domino's Farms, Domino's Pizza, family planning, fundamentalist religion, hypocrisy, injunction, jimmy hat, Justin Zatkoff, Lawrence Paul Zatkoff, legal discrimination, Obamacare, religion, rewriting history, Scientology, separation of church and state, Texas, Tom Monaghan, University of Detroit Mercy 23 Comments