Ballot committee forms for LGBT Michigan constitutional amendment
Source: detroit free press
A ballot committee that would add gender and the LGBT community to the equal protection clause of the Michigan constitution has filed paperwork with the Secretary of State today to get a constitutional amendment on the November 2016 ballot.
Dana Nessel, the Michigan attorney who took the same-sex marriage case all the way to the Supreme Court, is leader of Fair Michigan, which hopes to begin gathering petition signatures for the ballot proposal early next year.
"We would just be adding different classes of people to the constitution who aren’t getting protection now," she said, including gender identity, sex and sexual orientation.
"The fact is that the Michigan Legislature has ignored efforts to protect people, so it's time we gave Michigan voters the power," she added.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/10/30/ballot-committee-forms-lgbt-constitutional-amendment/74873030/
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