Comments on: Columbus urges Ohio to pass gay anti-discrimination bill

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:02:30 +0000

Faulty duplicate comment detector strikes again! I never said anything about Michigan before just now.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:36 +0000

Won’t go to Michigan anytime soon either.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:28:43 +0000

As a lesbian woman, I would generally concur with the comments and the need for this legislation however, I am currently involved in an absolute heinous situation where my rights are being trampled upon all in the name of gay activism. I am the proud mother of a 5 year daughter via artificial insemmination. I lived with a woman who I recently separated from. We were in an unhealthy and unfulfilling relationship for years which in turn created an unhealthy and unloving environment for my child. We had no co-custody or co-companionship agreement, no power of attorney, no joint property, no joint responsibility over the child not to mention she did not contribute one dime toward the conception, care and support of my daughter. Nevertheless, the Franklin County Juvenile Court has saw fit to insert themselves into this situation and has in effect temporarily bestowed a co custody designation to this angry and bitter woman just because we were a gay couple living together and a child lived in the home. My daugther is now exposed to acrimony, adversity, the court system, judges and a guardian ad litem. I have spent more than $20,000 in legal fees to defend my constitutional right to have exclusive care and custody of my child. So, I submit to you that any legislation needs to be mindful of the fact that there are situations out there where a gay person has actually knowingly and willfully played by the rules and allowing the pendulum to swing completely the other way would be just as unfair, unjust and discriminatory. We all deserve equal protection of the laws, even though we may disagree with them.

By: Felicia

Felicia — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:05:37 +0000

I think that this is a step in the right direction, but even so a lot will go unnoticed in the gay community as far as discrimination and abuse goes. I am not sure if there are similar laws in my home state of Michigan, but the discrimination is prevalent. I know I have gone places and been refused service, that my transgendered boyfriend and I have been told to leave establishments.
I am hopeful for the future, but there need to be better laws and better systems for gays, lesbians, and transgendered peoples to protect themselves and their rights. At the moment, it seems that the bad outweighs the good for us out there in the legal system.