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MDCR Director James E. White Issues Statement Commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2021
MDCR Director James E. White Issues Statement Commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2021Contact: Vicki Levengood levengoodv@michigan.gov
January 17, 2021
LANSING, MI Today, Michigan Department of Civil Rights Director James E. White issued the following statement to commemorate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to encourage those who carry forward his legacy. These are trying times – times not all that different in tenor and tone from those when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a movement that would change the world. It is easy to become discouraged, to feel like we are watching as fifty years of progress toward building a more just society evaporates like the dew. It is precisely now that we must hold firm to the foundation he and the millions who followed him built for us to stand upon. One of the most profound messages Dr. King left us is this: ‘The arc of
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MARQUETTE Following a Michigan Court of Claims decision involving a discrimination lawsuit filed against the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced she is commending the court’s decision on “gender identity” but vows to appeal its ruling as it relates to “sexual orientation” and the terms’ meanings under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include UpRooted Electrolysis LLC, based in Gwinn, and Rouch World LLC, an amusement park in downstate Sturgis, while the defendants are the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and Mary Engleman, interim director of the department.
According to the attorney general’s office, the businesses, based on religious grounds, denied services to customers who were either a same-sex couple or an individual who was transitioning their gender identity.
Mich. court rules anti-trans discrimination is illegal, but not anti-gay discrimination
By : Chris Johnson OF THE WASHINGTON BLADE, COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL LGBT MEDIA ASSOCIATION December 18, 2020
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A judge in Michigan has determined state civil rights law prohibits businesses from discriminating against customers for being transgender, but not on the basis of sexual orientation a decision the state’s top lawyer on Dec. 10 has vowed to appeal.
In a seven-page decision, Judge Christopher Murray this week ruled case law in Michigan makes clear anti-gay discrimination isn’t covered under the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, but with no clear precedent on anti-transgender discrimination, the state must defer to U.S. legal jurisprudence.
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December 18, 2020
Lansing, MI Stacie Clayton, Chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission has issued the following statement on the passing of Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon, on behalf of the Commission.
“I, along with so many, many people, went to sleep with a heavy heart and awakened feeling the same. The death of Benny Napoleon is a tremendous loss. He will always be a favorite son of Detroit who dedicated his adult life to unwavering service to its people. I had the pleasure to serve with him in the Archer Administration and continued to work with him in some capacity over the years. Benny s ability to greet everyone with that smile and make an immediate connection was genuine. Throughout his years in law enforcement, rising through the ranks to the top of the Detroit Police Department and then as Wayne County Sheriff, Benny maintained his humor, his humility, and his ability to touch the lives of the people who served with him, as well as the people they serve