Dana Nessel's pivotal case against Michigan's same-sex marriage and adoption ban positioned her against Bill Schuette, who defended the law with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. Nessel's victory contributed to the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage. In 2019, she became Michigan's first openly LGBTQ+ attorney general, focusing on representing all citizens and establishing an office free from discrimination. She aimed to create a more inclusive legal approach after the previous administration's discriminatory stance against the LGBTQ+ community.
"I had to sit there with my future wife, who was at the table with me and also worked on the case, and listen to these arguments being made."
"I wanted my department to operate in a very different way than the office had operated under him and his predecessor, which was very discriminatory against the LGBTQ community."
Collection
[
|
...
]