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The Threat of Privatized-Public Spaces on Free Speech

In a functioning democracy, our rights to free speech and assembly are indispensable.

Yet increasingly, these rights are being challenged and violated as a result of a new trend taking hold in many American cities—the growing presence of private public partnerships.

January 29, 2015

ACLU Sues Campus Martius Management, Security for Unconstitutional Ban on Free Speech in Public Park

DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today filed a federal lawsuit against the private conservancy that manages city-owned Campus Martius Park and its security team, accusing them illegally banning activists from the public space.

January 28, 2015

MI Lead Coalition Launched To Give Women a Stronger Voice in Michigan

LANSING, Mich.

January 27, 2015

Supreme Court Will Hear Cases Challenging Ban on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in Michigan and Three Other States

DETROIT – The U.S. Supreme Court granted review of a federal appeals court ruling that upheld bans in Michigan and three states on the freedom to marry and recognition of marriages of same-sex couples legally performed in other states.

January 16, 2015

Federal Judge: State of Michigan Must Recognize Legal Marriages of 300 Same-Sex Couples

DETROIT – In a victory for marriage equality, a federal judge today ruled that the state of Michigan must recognize the legal marriages of 300 same-sex couples wed last spring in the state.

January 15, 2015

Opponents of Bill Encouraging Dangerous Religious Exemptions Praise Senate Leaders

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate has adjourned, killing legislation that would have allowed individuals to avoid following state and local laws they say interfere with their religious beliefs, earning cheers from opponents of the unnecessary legislation.

December 18, 2014