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  —Western Right

  Local news around Kalamazoo.
  
  Victorious newcomer Patricia Randall top spender in Portage
  Mayor Hopewell leads Kalamazoo spending
  Anti-discrimination ordinance battle cost $458,000: Opposing sides broke spending record
  
  Law professor Mark Totten to seek Sen. George's seat
  Payment in Metro Transit tax campaign raises [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  

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• Real protector of traditional marriage wants to bar divorce

  —Blogging For Michigan

  California's Proposition 8 - misnamed the California Marriage Protection Act - took rights away from committed gay couples that the rest of us enjoy by putting discrimination into the state Constitution with this line, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

  I'm at a' [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:58am EST
  

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• Real protector of traditional marriage wants to bar divorce

  —Conservative Media

  
  California’s Proposition 8 - misnamed the California Marriage Protection Act - took rights away from committed gay couples that the rest of us enjoy by putting discrimination into the state Constitution with this line, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:56pm EST
  

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• Irony: Civil Rights Groups Sue To End Ban On Racial Discrimination, Want Overturn Of MCRI

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  "I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!" - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  This is turning out to [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:00pm EST
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• Kalamazoo begins setting enforcement procedure for new anti-discrimination ordinance

  —Michigan Messenger

  Last week, voters in Kalamazoo passed the city’s new anti-discrimination ordinance. This week, city employees are figuring out how to implement it.

  According to a story in Sunday’s Kalamazoo Gazette, the city’s new protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity require that individuals alleging discrimination file a [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:18pm EST
  by David Alire Garcia

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• Discrimination Ordinance Passes

  —Western Right

  The Kalamazoo discrimination ordinance was passed 62%-38%.
  
  This is less than the 74% won in Kalamazoo by Barack Obama in 2008, the 72% won by Governor Granholm in 2006, or the 70% won by State Rep. Robert Jones in 2006. This shows that such ordinances remain a minority position [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 5:47pm EST
  

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• State Rep to push for equal rights

  —detnews.com | Politics Blog

  A couple of under-reported items from Tuesday's elections. I found this news heartening. Kalamazoo voters overwhelming approved a city ordinance banning discrimination against gays. More importantly, following that win, "Speaker Pro Tempore Pam Byrnes, D-Lyndon Township, introduced a [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:54pm EST
  

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