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Gay marriage laws in michigan

10 years ago, a judge struck down Michigan's queer 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 obeying a Detroit federal judge’s late afternoon ruling that struck down the state’s ban on homosexual marriage.

U.S. Eastern District of Michigan Decide Bernard Friedman’s choice said the amendment to the Michigan Constitution violated same protection and due process rights. He refused a demand by then-Attorney General Bill Schuette to pause the decree while the choice was appealed.

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

At 8:05 a.m., Glenna DeJong and Marsha Caspar became Michigan’s first gay 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 do the alike for other couples who showed up at the courthouse.

“We were the first, but we were worried about others that they

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    LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - If it wasn't for the 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, gay marriage would be illegal in Michigan, but state lawmakers are functional 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 take another look at the decision and overturn it, appreciate it did with Roe v. Wade. 

    In 2004, Michigan voters approved the addition of language to the state constitution stating that "the union of one man and one chick in marriage shall be the only agreement established as a marriage or similar union for any purpose." 

    If the Obergefell decree were overturned, same-sex marriage in Michigan would be illegal - unless the current 2004 ban is amended.

    Codifying gay marriage in Michigan

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

    Because Michiganvoters banned gay marriage in 2004, legalizing the practice would first require voters t