same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage is still banned in Michigan’s State Constitution and would become de jure law if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 2015 ruling that legalized the practice. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has a local perspective on the matter.

Saturday is the 11-year wedding anniversary for more than 300 gay and lesbian couples who were married in Michigan following a landmark court decision. The evening before, a federal judge in Detroit ruled Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban violated the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause. The decision sent hundreds of couples dashing to clergy and courthouses to get married while they could. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A Democratic state lawmaker has sponsored a proposal to strike the language of the dormant same-sex marriage ban from the Michigan Constitution. We have more from Rick Pluta.

This week, House Democrats denounced a resolution by Michigan House Republicans calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn same sex marriage. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

Several Michigan state representatives desiring the reversal of same-sex marriage are hoping to pass a resolution condemning it. Long-time Ann Arbor LGBT Rights organization the Jim Toy Center for decades advocated for same-sex marriage and is ready to fight again to uphold it. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

A group of seven conservative Republican state lawmakers sponsored a resolution Tuesday calling on the US Supreme Court to reverse its decision to legalize same-sex marriage. Rick Pluta has more.

A new House joint resolution aimed at protecting marriage equality has been introduced by a state representative from Ann Arbor. WEMU’s Victoria Smith reports.

Governor Rick Snyder has said that the 300 or so same-sex marriages performed in Michigan back in March are void. Local marriage equality supporters are…

DeBoer case appealed to SCOTUSThe legal team for April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse filed its appeal Monday with the US Supreme Court. They want the court to…

As more states join the list of those where same-sex marriage is legal, an appeal of the overturning of Michigan's ban on gay and lesbian unions remains…