A New Challenge to the Royal Oak Human Rights Ordinance
by: J. Carlisle LarsenCivil Rights attorney and Royal Oak City Commissioner Jim Rasor speaks with WDET's J. Carlisle Larsen about a recent challenge to an equal rights ordinance in the city.
Civil Rights attorney and Royal Oak City Commissioner Jim Rasor speaks with WDET's J. Carlisle Larsen about a recent challenge to an equal rights ordinance in the city.
The U.S. Supreme court heard arguments on same-sex marriage this week, including arguments for repealing the Defense of Marriage Act from 1996. David Garcia is director of Affirmations, a LGBT center in metro Detroit. He tells WDET's Travis Wright that evidence suggests support for gay marriage is growing across the country, and that the Supreme Court hearings mark an unprecedented moment for the gay community nationwide.
Wayne state Distinguished Professor of law and constitutional expert Robert Sedler is The Craig Fahle Show's go-to guy on the Supreme court. We’ll talk to him about the gay marriage case before the court yesterday involving California’s Prop 8 and whether that state’s voter referendum could be overturned.
Wayne State associate philosophy professor and Philosophy Department Chair John Corvino and National Organization for Marriage Co-Founder Maggie Gallagher are set to debate same-sex marriage in a forum on Sept. 27. Corvino and Gallagher join Craig on-air to talk about the shift in national conversation on this controversial social issue.
In an interview with ABC News yesterday, President Obama announced he personally supports gay marriage but still believes it is up to the states to decide.
The Ruth Ellis Center has received another round of funding from the Arcus Foundation. Craig speaks with the center's Executive Director, Laura Hughes and Frank, a teen who uses the center.