Waiting for direction

Towards the end of February I wrote about Mike Duggan and his challenge to having an Emergency Manager in Detroit. Duggan is also a candidate for Mayor. What I didn't mention -- and is newsworthy enough to catch the attention of Newsweek -- is that Duggan is white and Detroit hasn't had a white mayor since 1974. The rest of the article is a good profile of the man. As for the EM, on Tuesday the Detroit City Council will challenge Gov. Rick Snyder's decision to appoint an EM. Mayor Dave Bing declined to enter that fray.



I wrote about the federal judge who decided to delay his decision in the adoption/marriage equality case in Michigan. Several gay rights organizations suggested the delay. Whatever this judge decides, it will be appealed. And the 6th Circuit Court is a lot less progressive than the 9th Circuit Court which decided the Calif. case. Better to wait for some direction from the Supremes.

That makes a commenter wonder whether the judge should have left it as an adoption case, rather dragging marriage into it, even though marriage rights are at the core of the case.



Not that the Conclave in Rome is going to pay any attention… A Quinnipiac Poll took a look at American Catholic opinion. They approve marriage equality by 54% (with a big gap by age), 52% say church leaders are out of touch with their American members, 62% say priests should be allowed to marry, 64% say the contraception ban should be relaxed.