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Judge to rule within 2 weeks on Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage
DETROIT — A federal judge said he expects to make a decision within two weeks of Friday’s closing arguments in a challenge to Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Mich. gay marriage trial ends with state witness testifying gays are going to hell
DETROIT — Testimony concluded Thursday in a federal court challenge to Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage, with a witness for the state testifying that unrepentant homosexuals are going to hell.
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Professor testifies in Mich. marriage trial that children fare better with straight parents
DETROIT — An economist testified Tuesday that children raised by heterosexual parents had a much greater chance of making normal progress through school than those living with same-sex couples, putting his own spin on census data that was crunched differently by another expert at Michigan’s gay-marriage trial.
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Author of discredited gay parenting study stung by criticism during Mich. trial
DETROIT — Attorneys seeking to overturn Michigan’s gay marriage ban tried to peck away Tuesday at the credibility of a social scientist whose disputed 2012 study questioned the well-being of children who grew up in a home where a parent had a same-sex relationship.
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Author of flawed gay parenting study testifies in Mich. same-sex marriage trial
DETROIT — The author of a controversial study of adult children often cited by opponents of same-sex marriage defended his work in court Monday but also said it’s too early for social scientists to make far-reaching conclusions about families headed by same-sex couples.
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Mich. defense of gay marriage ban off to rocky start as judge bars first witness
DETROIT — A judge barred an Ivy League law student Monday from testifying at Michigan’s same-sex marriage trial, saying he might become an expert witness someday but his opinions wouldn’t help sway this case.
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Harvard professor testifies in Day 4 of Mich. same-sex marriage trial
DETROIT — A Harvard University professor testified on Friday for two women challenging Michigan’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Expert testimony continues in Day 3 of Mich. same-sex marriage trial
DETROIT — A California scholar says that same-sex couples give the same reason as their opposite-sex counterparts to why they want to marry. Gary Gates of the Williams Institute at UCLA law school testified Thursday in a trial in Detroit federal court over the future of Michigan’s ban on gay marriage.
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Professor defends homes led by gay parents in Day 2 of Mich. marriage trial
DETROIT — A sociologist testifying Wednesday at Michigan’s gay marriage trial said children raised by same-sex parents suffer no handicap when compared to other kids.
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Trial begins in challenge to Michigan same-sex marriage ban
DETROIT — An attorney for two women opposing Michigan’s ban on gay marriage urged a judge Tuesday to halt the treatment of same-sex couples as “second-class citizens,” the latest in a series of marriage-equality challenges across the country.