Michigan gay marriage ban goes on trial Tuesday

[Redfairen]

Source: MLive

The trial that could overturn Michigan's gay marriage ban begins Tuesday in Detroit.

U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman will make his decision after an expected eight days of testimony.

Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, a lesbian couple who live in Hazel Park, filed the lawsuit after learning they cannot jointly adopt the three children they are raising due to the voter-passed 2004 Defense of Marriage Act.

"We're just eager to have the case heard," said DeBoer, who, like Rowse, is a nurse. "And we're eager to move on with out lives and have the legal rights that we've been fighting for."



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[yeoman6987]

1. I believe they will have gay marriage in Michigan

I still don't understand how having gay marriage ruins all the straight marriages. That is seriously what the wackos believe. How is that even possible? I just don't get it.

[customerserviceguy]

2. They call it "Defense of Marriage"

because "Defense of Homophobia" didn't work well with focus groups.

[yeoman6987]

3. lol.

Good Lord, you are right. Defense of Marriage is so offensive….even though they don't come out and say it…homophobia. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that "straight" marriages are doomed if they allow gay marriage. It just doesn't pass the reality check to me. It is so weird that politicians have to waste their time on such a very direct human right. It just stuns me. Just think about what the politicians could accomplish if they just allowed gay marriage at the beginning of time…..ok 50 years ago. I mean I just find it "twilight zoneish".

[customerserviceguy]

4. It's very possible to have a ruling

that does not topple the gay marriage ban, but simply says that applying it to the case of a couple who wishes to adopt is not within the scope of the law. It would be a victory, but only a partial one.

It's time for the legislatures and the people (where initiative power exists) in the blue states to overthrow homophobia, rather than fob it off on the courts. We'll need that power in the red states, after we've got a clear majority of states being OK with equal marriage. 1967's Loving vs. Virginia decision occurred in an environment where even though mixed-race marriage was not popular, at least it was not illegal in most of the US.