Comment on Rule Before 12/19 Click HERE to Offer Your Comments Tell Trump’s Health & Human Services what you think about a rule that would allow federally funded contractors to turn away people in need because of their religion,their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. Need a home delivered meal and you are gay? Sorry about that!Need to enroll in Headstart and you are a gay couple? Sorry about that!Need to buy birth control pills and you are a single mother? Sorry about that!Are you Jewish and need a subsidized apartment? Sorry about that! This rule violates basic American values that all persons have worth & should be treated with dignity. HHS Rule Would Allow Discrimination vs. Women, LGBTQ People By Federal Contractors Take Action! The Trump administration has issued an […]

Call Your State Representative Click HERE to Find Your State Representative Tell your Representative to call for a hearing on HB 5139 in the Government Operations Committee to Expand Ethnic Intimidation Law to Protect LGBTQ People On October 23rd, State Representative Tim Sneller introduced HB 5139, a bill to provide protections against ethnic intimidation to persons based on their gender identity and their sexual orientation. On October 29th, MUUSJN’s Interfaith Reproductive Justice Coalition voted unanimously to issue this alert to call for hearings on HB 5139. Ethnic intimidation involves maliciously seeking to: intimidate or harass another person; physically contact a person; ordamage their property. Discrimination Toward LGBT People in Michigan Is a Serious Problem Right now Michigan’s Ethnic Intimidation law protects people based on their: race, […]

Everyone should be able to get the health care they need without the fear of being turned away, shamed or treated unfairly. Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (administered through the Department of Health and Human Services) prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability. This protection extends to most hospitals, health care providers offices, health insurance companies, state marketplaces, and entities receiving federal funds such as Medicare (except Part B providers), Medicaid and CHIP. This law was the first broad federal protection against sex discrimination in health care. This law (Section 1557) means that individuals seeking health care can not be discriminated against based on the color of their skin, their gender, the sexual orientation, how old they are, […]

Democratic Presidential candidates will debate in Detroit on July 30th and 31st. This is an opportunity for Michiganders to express their views at public events and learn more about where the candidates stand on issues.  This email provides information about both these opportunities. During July, UU’s adopted “Actions of Immediate Witness” to work for immigration reform and the Green New Deal.   Action on Green New Deal, Immigration & LGBTQ Rights Four events in two days this week in advance of Presidential Debates: Click HERE to Learn Candidates Views in This Guide: (Click headings about DACA, Illegal Entry & The Wall and other issues) (published by Politico, July 16, 2019)