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Religious Freedom: To Be or Not To Be
Religious Freedom: To Be or Not To Be
Religious Freedom: To Be or Not To Be
Michigan lawmakers passed a faith-based adoption agency bill and now it is on to Governor Snyder for it To be or not to be. The Detroit News is reporting that Michigan’s Senate passed the bills on a party-line vote of 26-12. The...
Chimpanzees and “Personhood” Rights
Chimpanzees and “Personhood” Rights
Chimpanzees and “Personhood” Rights
You are going to love this one. Do you believe chimpanzees deserve “personhood” rights and all that comes with those rights? Well apparently some do.  And time and money is being spent in New York to answer this question. According to an article in the UK’s Guardian “representatives for two chimpanzees argued before a New York judge on Wednesday, in the first hearing of its kind over their “person
Murder Registry In Michigan
Murder Registry In Michigan
Murder Registry In Michigan
Does Michigan need a murder registry similar to our Sex Offender Registry? That is one concept that is being discussed in the halls of our legislative buildings. I recently read an article in MLive.com by Angie Jackson discussing this issue...
Bill To Allow Ex-Felons To Vote
Bill To Allow Ex-Felons To Vote
Bill To Allow Ex-Felons To Vote
Michigan Congressmen U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit), has just reintroduced a bill in Congress that would allow ex-felons to vote in federal election, according to an article in the Detroit News. This legislation would look to develop uniform federal standards for restoring the voting rights of felons who are no longer in prison...
Denied!
Denied!
Denied!
Perhaps Michigan’s new revised gun bills to 'streamline' the concealed pistol permit process, is not such a bad idea or maybe they are. I just read an article this morning in Mlive.com by Matt Vande Bunte, which depending how you think about it justifies or proves they are wrong, the new revised gun bills to 'streamline' the concealed pistol permit process. ...
Teachers Considered Cops?
Teachers Considered Cops?
Teachers Considered Cops?
I read an interesting article today in The Daily Caller: It asked if teachers are cops. In reading the article, I found out that the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday asking that exact question. According to The Daily Caller, the case, Ohio v...
We're All Criminals In MI
We're All Criminals In MI
We're All Criminals In MI
You are probably going to break the law today if you live in Michigan, and you will not even know it. I just read an article by Ingrid Jacques in the The Detroit News and apparently Michigan has so many laws on the book that our politicians have no idea what they are.  I...