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Michigan’s License to Discriminate invoked as pediatrician turns away the newborn child of a gay couple

By Mark | February 21, 2015

During the Michigan legislature’s lame duck session last December, as you might recall, our elected representatives in the House passed something called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which, if signed into law, would give Michiganders of faith (whatever that means) the freedom to discriminate against those they feel to be unworthy in the eyes of […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bay Contreras, compassion, denial of service, discrimination, Eastlake Pediatrics, gay rights, Hippocratic Oath, homophobia, Jami Contreras, Jase Bolger, Jesus, Jim Crow, Krista Contreras, lesbians, pediatricians, prayer, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Roseville, Vesna Roi | 124 Comments

License to Discriminate passes Michigan House

By Mark | December 4, 2014

They said that their priority this legislative session was to focus on issues that really mattered, like the condition of our roads, and the facts that good jobs for Michiganders are increasingly difficult to come by, but guess what? House Republicans, instead of focusing on things that really matter to Michigan families, just passed a […]