Past and present Senate candidates from Michigan: on Civil Rights

John James: Employers shouldn't be able to fire someone for being gay

John James (R): Unknown. But says employers shouldn't be able to fire someone for being gay.

Debbie Stabenow (D): Yes. Many votes against discrimination, even before the Supreme Court ruling.

John James: Opposed laws protecting LGBTQ from employment discrimination

HRC's State Director says, "In a state with 1.1. Million Equality Voters, where a strong majority of citizens support marriage equality and fundamental civil rights, James has nonetheless perplexingly chosen to align with Mike Pence--an extremist who has made virulent anti-LGBTQ activism the cornerstone of his political career. As they campaign to push their discriminatory, anti-equality agenda, HRC is on the ground mobilizing our hundreds of thousands of members and supporters in Michigan to reject the politics of hate and ensure that pro-equality champion Debbie Stabenow remains in office."

Marcia Squier: Support affirmative action and reparations like urban repair

A: This question is vague with regards to who would be required and what "more" means.

Q: Well, what do you think of affirmative action in hiring practices? In college admissions? I.e., requiring that companies hire "more" women, that colleges admit "more" minorities?

A: I support Affirmative Action i.e. requiring more hiring and admissions into higher education (college, vocational, trade schools).

Q: You responded to the Michigan VotersGuide survey in 2016 that "reparations need to heal the racial divisiveness"--did you mean legal reparations like hiring more minorities? Or financial reparations?

A: I support both legal reparations like affirmative action & financial reparations, along with focusing on repairing urban decay instead of suburban sprawl. The non-white community has suffered enough at the hands of our predominantly white male dominated government. It's time to address it and take responsibility for it.

Marcia Squier: Comfortable with same-sex marriage

A: Strongly support.

Terri Lynn Land: Equal pay for equal work for men and women

Congress and the President have failed. They spend too much, our border isn't secure, and they've made America less safe.

Congressman Peters says a mom like me isn't up to the job.

But moms like me get things done. Let's secure the border, repeal ObamaCare and get equal pay for equal work for men and women.

I'm Terri Lynn Land and I approve this message.

Mike Bishop: Marriage is union of one man & one woman

Bishop: Strongly Agree

Terri Lynn Land: Equal pay good; but Paycheck Fairness Act bad

Terri Lynn Land: Women want job flexibility more than equal pay

"Well, we all like to be paid more and that's great, but the reality is that women have a different lifestyle," Land said at the 2010 Senior Women's Club event. "They have kids. They have to take them to get dentist appointments, doctor's appointments, all those kinds of things. And they're more interested in flexibility in a job than pay."

Women make 74 cents to every dollar a man makes for work in Michigan. Michigan is ranked 45 out of 50 states in terms of how much women are paid compared with men.

American Bridge 21st Century, which publicized the video, is a liberal super-PAC that conducts opposition research on behalf of Democratic candidates and liberal issues.

Terri Lynn Land: AdWatch: No discrimination, but "no comment" on gay- bashing

"Terri does not tolerate discriminatory acts or speech, and believes that all people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect," the emailed statement said.

When reached by phone, Land declined to elaborate on what she finds objectionable about Agema's talk. She deferred to the emailed statement. Land has not responded to questions about whether Agema should be asked to resign. Meanwhile, the state's top elected Republican, Gov. Rick Snyder, has publicly condemned Agema.

Terri Lynn Land: Supports GOP platform which bans same-sex marriage

In August 2009, the New York Times reported that the 2012 GOP platform "calls state court decisions recognizing same-sex marriage "an assault on the foundations of our society."

Scotty Boman: Backs gay marriage