Gay marriage in michigan

10 years ago, a judge struck down Michigan's same-sex marriage ban, sparking a flurry of weddings

It was 10 years ago Friday that the first same-sex weddings took place in Michigan. That was one day following a Detroit federal judge’s late afternoon ruling that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

U.S. Eastern District of Michigan Assess Bernard Friedman’s decision said the amendment to the Michigan Constitution violated equal protection and due process rights. He refused a ask for by then-Attorney General Bill Schuette to pause the ruling while the decision was appealed.

The following morning, four county clerks opened their doors on a Saturday to issue licenses and verb ceremonies.

At a.m., Glenna DeJong and Marsha Caspar became Michigan’s first same-sex married couple at a ceremony at the Ingham County Courthouse in Mason.

“I pronounce you married,” said a teary-eyed Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum.

A member of Byrum’s staff acted as a witness for DeJong and Caspar. The newly married couple stayed around to carry out the same for other couples who showed up

Michigan lawmaker wants to overturn same-sex marriage

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    Gay marriage isn't sound in Michigan: There's 1 thing we need to perform to protect it. | Opinion

    State Rep. Josh Schriver, R-Oxford, has introduced a resolution asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that start state bans against same-sex marriage unconstitutional. At a insist conference Tuesday, Schriver declared that Obergefell “defaced the definition of marriage, undermined our God-given rights, increased persecution of Christians and confused the American family structure.” Schriver's resolution has six co-sponsors.

    First and foremost, this resolution is non-binding, and carries no legal weight.

    Even if the House passes it, it will not actually carry out anything to overturn Obergefell. It’s more a statement of the values of Schriver and his co-sponsors than anything else.

    But that part is key ― it is incredibly alarming that, 10 years after the marriage equality ruling, elected Michigan Republicans are revving up their base to attack it. This could lead to a political movement to bring a case to overturn it before a now-more-conservative

    Gay marriage in Michigan: Lawmakers push to codify rights banned by state constitution

    LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - If it wasn't for the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, gay marriage would be illegal in Michigan, but articulate lawmakers are active to change that.

    Though Obergefell legalized same-sex marriages nationwide, there is no current state law guaranteeing the same right. Meanwhile,there are fears that the Supreme Court may seize another look at the ruling and overturn it, verb it did with Roe v. Wade. 

    In , Michigan voters approved the addition of language to the state constitution stating that "the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose." 

    If the Obergefell ruling were overturned, same-sex marriage in Michigan would be illegal - unless the current ban is amended.

    Codifying gay marriage in Michigan

    State Rep. Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor) and other lawmakers have been pushing to alter the amendment and codify gay marriage in Michigan.

    Because Michiganvo