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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Blumz by JR Designs, Detroit

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Periodically we’ll feature one of our vendors here to let our readers know about some great people who can help you plan the perfect wedding.

Gay Friendly Wedding Vendors in Michigan

Blumz by JR Designs, DetroitBlumz, located in Downtown Detroit and “Fashionable” Ferndale, Michigan, is a full service floral and gift store. We specialize in wedding/commitment services, memorial/sympathy and special occasions.

We also welcome Corporate Partnerships and support other “family” businesses. Our award winning designers pride themselves in providing designs for all tastes, whether it be traditional, cutting-edge or “over the edge”.

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MI: Governor Snyder Signs Bill to Ban Healthcare for Gay Partners

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Michigan Gay Partner BenefitsFollowing months of heated debate, Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday signed House Bill 4770, eliminating health care coverage for domestic partners of public employees, and prohibiting any government entity in the state from providing such coverage.

The bill has attracted sharp criticism from the media, university leaders, business leaders, and progressive organizations throughout the state.

HB 4771, which the Governor vetoed, would have prohibited unions from including similar coverage in collective bargaining agreements.

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MI: Senate Votes to Strip Domestic Partner Benefits From Public Employees

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Yesterday the Michigan Senate voted 27-9 to prohibit public employers from providing medical or fringe benefits to the domestic partners of employees, same-sex or opposite-sex.

The chamber also voted 27-9 to prohibit collective bargaining agreements from ever including the benefits in the future. Both bills (HB 4770 and HB 4771) now return to the House where they are expected to pass as they did earlier this year.

Full Story from Think Progress

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MI: Senate Committee Approves Elimination of Health Benefits for Gay Partners

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Michigan Gay Partner BenefitsA Michigan state Senate committee on Wednesday approved a pair of bills that would eliminate eliminate health care benefits for unmarried partners of public employees across the state.

House Bills 4770 and 4771, approved by the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing, would also prohibit any government entity in the state from providing such benefits, and prohibit unions from including them in collective bargaining agreements.

Emily Dievendorf, Director of Policy for Equality Michigan, released this statement: “Republican lawmakers continue to attack hardworking gay and transgender people rather than focusing on real issues. They are ignoring best practices in business and promoting a hostile environment for gay and lesbian couples. We hope that voters questions where lawmakers’ real priorities are.”

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MI: GOP Tries to Drop Gay Partner Health Benefits Again

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Michigan Gay Partner BenefitsA pair of measures is due for consideration and a vote in the Michigan House of Representatives on Thursday that would eliminate health care benefits for unmarried partners of public employees.

The language contained in both measures specifically prohibits any state government entity in Michigan from providing the health care benefits, and would also prohibit unions from including similar benefits in collective bargaining agreements.

According to the advocacy group Equality Michigan, Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) and the State Attorney General, Bill Schuette, both of whom have publicly stated their opposition to LGBTQ equality rights, have been trying to strip away health care benefits for same-sex couples since February.

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MI: Advocates Put Pressure on Holland City Council to Pass Sexual Orientation/Gender Protections

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Supporters of adding sexual preference and gender identity to those protected classes in Holland’s anti-discrimination and equal employment municipal policies won’t go to the people to get their way.

Instead of circulating a referendum petition that would either force City Council to pass an ordinance amendment or put the matter up for a public vote, the tack that Interfaith Congregation Chaplain Bill Freeman took on Monday is similar to that of the pro-gay rights group Holland is Ready is taking – place continual pressure on City Council until the panel changes its vote. Last month, five of the nine members voted against an amendment, even though the issue was unanimously recommended by the city’s Human Relations Commission.

Full Story from WHTC

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MI: Proposed Laws Would Ban Employers From Giving Benefits to Gay Partners

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Michigan House of RepresentativesMichigan could soon become one of the least welcoming to same-sex couples if a pair of bills, which were approved by a House committee on Tuesday, make their way into state law books.

Republicans on the Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee voted to bar employers from giving benefits to anyone not married or related to an employee. Although the rules don’t say “gay” anywhere in them, it’s clear who they target, according to Equality Michigan.

Full Story from The Advocate

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MI: Holland City Council Votes Down Gay Rights Amendment

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Gay Rights Amendment, Holland, MichiganThe Holland City Council has made a decision on a controversial issue that was a year in the making. The very heated meeting lasted well into the night, ending after midnight.

In the end the city council shot down the proposal that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation.

More than 200 people packed the more than five hour long meeting with dozens standing at the podium to voice their opinions.

Full Story from WWMT

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MI: GOP Amendment Would Penalize Colleges for Offering Domestic Partner Benefits

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Michigan Gay Partner BenefitsOne would like to think that elected officials would do every thing possible to find the best people to educate students. That should ould be especially true in a state like Michigan, which is beset with serious economic woes and has a double digit unemployment rate. But, no. As is so often the case, homophobia trumps. From Todd Heywood:

The Michigan House approved an amendment to the education budget on Thursday night that will penalize state universities and colleges five percent for offering domestic partner benefits for same-sex or unmarried partners.

Shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday night, State Rep. Dave Agema (R-Greenville) posted the following status update to his Facebook page announcing the amendment.

Full Story from AmericaBlog

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MI: GOP Falls Short on Domestic Partner Repeal Vote

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Michigan Domestic PartnershipsMichigan lawmakers have failed to repeal a policy providing domestic-partner benefits to state employees, largely assuring the policy will go into effect, the Lansing State Journal reports.

A proposal to rescind the policy failed to receive the required two-thirds vote in the house of representatives Thursday. Sixty-six members voted in favor of repeal, eight short of the number needed. A repeal measure had passed the senate by the required margin.

The state Civil Service Commission had approved the policy in January, affirming an agreement Jennifer Granholm had negotiated with state employee unions while she was governor. It extends health care benefits to the same-sex partners of state employees as well as any other adult living in an employee’s household, and it applies to both unionized and nonunion workers. The state employs about 35,700 people.

Full Story from The Advocate

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