2023

Catholic Conference Urges Religious Protections as Senate Committee Amends ELCRA

Every State That Has Amended Anti-Discrimination Law Has Included Religious Protections

News Release / Posted February 9, 2023

MCC urged lawmakers to include protections for religious organizations in pending legislation to expand the state's civil rights act, noting that 22 other states that have expanded their civil rights laws have also included religious protections for people and institutions that believe in marriage between one man and one woman and the biological difference between men and women.

MCC Grateful for Bipartisan House Passage of EITC Legislation

Tax relief for low-income workers moves closer to final passage

News Release / Posted January 26, 2023

In a statement, MCC regonized the overwhelming bipartisan votes by both the state House and Senate this week to increase the state earned income tax credit to 30 percent and make it effective immediately for the 2022 tax year, a significant step forward for delivering immediate tax relief to working, lower-income Michigan families.

Catholic Conference Comments on Laws that Promote and Protect Dignity of Life and Work Following Governor’s Address

MCC Urges Legislative Support for Gun Control, Increase to EITC Tax Policy

News Release / Posted January 25, 2023

Michigan Catholic Conference issued a statement offering support for legislation that protects children from gun violence as well as an increase to a state tax policy that aids low-income workers in Michigan — both of which were mentioned by the Governor in her State of the State address this week — in recognition that these policies promote the dignity of human life and work.