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Detroit nurses challenging Michigan gay marriage ban adopt 4th child
HAZEL PARK, Mich. — Two Detroit-area nurses who are challenging Michigan’s ban on gay marriage are raising a fourth adopted child. The adoption of 2-year-old Rylee DeBoer-Rowse became final in Oakland County on Tuesday, a day when adoptions were publicly celebrated across Michigan.
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Michigan AG urges U.S. Supreme Court to hear gay marriage case
LANSING, Mich. — Attorney General Bill Schuette and supporters of gay marriage have at least one thing in common: They want the U.S. Supreme Court to use a Michigan case to settle the legality of same-sex marriage.
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Michigan, Kentucky couples take gay marriage cases to U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — A same-sex couple from Michigan is putting the question of the right to marry nationwide squarely before the Supreme Court. The couple’s plea to be allowed to marry was being filed Monday. It asks the justices to hold that state laws prohibiting same-sex couples from getting married violate “our nation’s most cherished and essential guarantees.”
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Joy, dismay as gay marriage advocates, opponents assess 6th Circuit ruling
One side was euphoric, the other dismayed, but both foes and supporters of same-sex marriage swiftly turned their attention to the U.S. Supreme Court after an against-the-grain appeals court ruling upheld bans or restrictions on gay marriage in four states. The 2-1 ruling Thursday by the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — affecting […]
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Michigan plaintiffs to appeal same-sex marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
DETROIT — An attorney for two Detroit-area nurses who challenged Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage says they’ll next go to the U.S. Supreme Court. Carole Stanyar spoke to The Associated Press after an appeals court reinstated the ban Thursday. In a 2-1 decision, the court overturned a ruling that found the gay marriage ban unconstitutional.
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Mich. same-sex couples seek state recognition of their marriages
DETROIT — A lawyer urged a judge Thursday to order Michigan to recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages performed during a brief window in March, saying the unions were valid even if a higher court eventually reinstates the state’s ban on gay marriage. “The state cannot mandatorily divorce you,” University of Michigan law professor Julian Mortenson said during a…
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AUDIO: Michigan same-sex marriage ban faces federal appeals court
A three-judge panel is now considering whether Michigan’s laws barring same-sex marriage are constitutional. Attorneys representing multiple same-sex couples from four states told judges from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday that’s there’s no rational reason for barring same-sex couples from getting married. The afternoon of arguments …
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A summary of same-sex marriage cases before the Sixth Circuit appeals court
The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in six gay marriage fights from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday, setting the stage for one ruling. Each case deals with whether statewide gay marriage bans violate the Constitution. A look at the cases:
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Federal appeals courts prepare to hear slew of same-sex marriage cases
CINCINNATI — Federal appeals courts covering nearly half the United States will soon hear arguments on whether gay and lesbian couples have a right to marry, part of a slew of cases putting pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a final verdict. If the appeals courts continue the unbroken eight-month streak of rulings in favor of gay marriage, that could make…
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Oral arguments set in appeal of Michigan, three other states same-sex marriage rulings
DETROIT — Oral arguments have been scheduled by a federal appeals court in the appeals of same-sex marriage rulings in Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. The Cincinnati-based U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said in a court filing Monday that it would hear arguments in the cases on August 6.