Michigan
In 2004, as discriminatory constitutional amendments were pushed in numerous states throughout the nation, Michigan citizens voted for an anti-relationship recognition constitutional amendment which passed and wrote discrimination into Michigan's constitution. This discriminatory amendment was used to take away even more from families when Michigan's public colleges and universities were barred from offering health and other benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of employees. State advocacy groups are working to both repeal such discrimination and end the exclusion of same-sex couples and their families from marriage.
Status: Anti-Relationship Recognition Constitutional Amendment
Groups Actively Working on Marriage
Equality Michigan: works to achieve full equality and respect for all people in the state of Michigan regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
Blog Posts Related to Michigan
Senator Levin cosponsors the Respect for Marriage Act
Today, Senator Carl Levin announced that he will become the 31st Senate sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act, the bill that will overturn the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.
Evan Wolfson answers the question: Is the Freedom to Marry Inevitable?
In a speech marking Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the University of Michigan Law School, Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson pulled lessons from Dr. King's battles for equality and applied them to today's fight to end marriage discrimination.
Affairs of the Heart in the Heartland: Evan Wolfson to Speak in Midwest about Marriage
Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson will be speaking next week at both the University of Michigan and Ohio State University.
Resources Related to Michigan
Pew Poll Finds Growing Support for Freedom to Marry Among Evangelicals, Majority Support Among Youth
A comprehensive Pew poll found majority support for the freedom to marry among young people, college graduates and Catholics, with growing support among all other religious categories.
Party Principles: Support for the Freedom to Marry by State and National Political Parties
A listing of both state and national political parties that have made strong statements in support of the freedom to marry.
Michigan Census Snapshot
Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Michigan.