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Michigan For Marriage Launches Public Education Effort on Why Marriage Matters

MICHIGAN – Today, in an effort to win the freedom to marry for all couples in the state, Equality Michigan, the ACLU of Michigan, and Freedom to Marry launched a grassroots public education effort called Michigan For Marriage.

May 8, 2014

Detroit Residents Must be Allowed to Hold the Emergency Manager Accountable, ACLU Tells Governor Snyder

DETROIT– In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged Governor Rick Snyder to ensure transparency and implement methods for the public to hold emergency managers accountable for their decisions.

April 24, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court, Rules Michigan's Proposal 2 is Constitutional

WASHINGTON – In a 6-2 decision today, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court and ruled that Michigan’s Proposal 2 is constitutional. Proposal 2 is a 2006 ballot initiative that led to a state constitutional ban on race-conscious college admissions policies in Michigan.

April 22, 2014

Marriage Matters: We're not Buying "Just Doing My Job"

I’ve been fielding questions about Judge Bernard Friedman’s historic ruling recognizing that allowing same-sex couples to marry is a matter of fundamental freedoms, economic security and family values.

April 14, 2014

ACLU Sues Michigan to Recognize Marriages of Same-Sex Couples

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit today to guarantee that the marriages of 300 same-sex couples performed in Michigan last month are recognized by the state.

April 14, 2014

Federal Judge Allows Racial Profiling Lawsuit to Move Forward

DETROIT – An Ohio mother of two who was unlawfully arrested, detained and strip-searched because of her ethnicity on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 will be able to move forward with her lawsuit against Detroit Metro Airport officials and federal authorities, a federal judge ruled late last night.

April 1, 2014