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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Social and Civil Liberty Issues </title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/13.aspx</link><description>Abortion, Gambling, Race, Gender, Guns, Drugs, Religion, Other</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: A New Chapter for Marriage Equality in Michigan?</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272708.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:14:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:272708</guid><dc:creator>silence dogood</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272708.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=272708</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;obviously so does the a.c.l.u.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: A New Chapter for Marriage Equality in Michigan?</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272692.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:15:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:272692</guid><dc:creator>jmangan</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272692.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=272692</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The NRA doesn&amp;#39;t need to pay to advertise here, they get it for free.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: A New Chapter for Marriage Equality in Michigan?</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272670.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:28:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:272670</guid><dc:creator>silence dogood</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272670.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=272670</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;obviously we do take advertising money. i wonder if the N.R.A. would like to advertise here?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>A New Chapter for Marriage Equality in Michigan?</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272669.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:57:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:272669</guid><dc:creator>aclu of michigan</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/272669.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=272669</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The last couple of weeks have been exciting and intense for the LGBT
community. From same sex adoption in Michigan to marriage equality on a
federal level and in California, we&amp;rsquo;re breaking it down. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We&amp;rsquo;ll
start with the story of Diane Giancaspro, a *** mother who, in
2007, asked a Michigan court to determine custody of the three children
she and her ex-partner adopted together in Illinois before moving as a
family to Michigan. When the couple&amp;rsquo;s relationship ended, her partner
tried to dismiss Giancaspro&amp;rsquo;s custody case, arguing that their adoption
was invalid under Michigan law citing Michigan&amp;rsquo;s antigay constitutional
amendment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information visit:&lt;a href="http://www.aclumich.org/blog"&gt; www.ACLUMich.org/Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>