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Equality Michigan is the state's most prominent LGBT advocacy group.. Sexual acts between persons of the same sex are legal in Michigan. They had been criminalized until the state's sodomy laws, which applied to both homosexuals and heterosexuals, were invalidated in 2003 by the United States Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v.
In Florida, a 1977 law prohibited adoption by homosexuals following the anti-gay Save Our Children campaign led by Anita Bryant. In November 2008, a state circuit court struck down the law through In re: Gill , a case involving a gay male couple raising two foster children placed with them in 2004 by state child welfare workers. [ 53 ]
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The first attempt to restrict gay and lesbian rights through a state wide ballot measure occurred in 1978 in California. [2] While the measure failed, the late-1980s and early 1990s saw a resurgence in ballot initiatives, culminating in proposed state constitutional amendments in Oregon and Colorado not only to repeal existing anti-discrimination ordinances but to proactively prohibit the ...
Laws that affect LGBT people include, but are not limited to, the following: laws concerning the recognition of same-sex relationships, including same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships; laws concerning same-sex parenting, including same-sex adoption; anti-discrimination laws in employment, housing, education, public ...
Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver (R) rebuked gay marriage in a Monday social media post that has drawn backlash from some of the state’s top Democrats. “Make gay marriage illegal again ...
Sexual orientation and gender identity protected under federal hate crime laws since 2009; Family rights; Recognition of relationships: Same-sex marriage legal nationwide since 2015 (Obergefell v. Hodges) Adoption: Equal adoption rights for same-sex couples in all states since 2016
A Republican state lawmaker in Michigan said gay marriage should be “illegal again,” an inflammatory remark that prompted swift rebuke from Democrats.. State Rep. Josh Schriver (R) made the ...