US Recognizes Michigan Same-Sex Marriages
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has extended federal recognition to the Michigan marriages of about 300 same-sex couples.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has extended federal recognition to the Michigan marriages of about 300 same-sex couples.
Six state Democrats in Michigan's congressional delegation are asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages performed last weekend.
Michigan won't recognize more than 300 marriages performed last weekend before a court halted a decision that opened the door to gay nuptials,
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is nearing a decision on the status of same-sex marriages conducted after a judge struck down the state's gay marriage ban but before the ruling was halted.
Rick Snyder hasn't said a word about it since the state's gay marriage ban was struck down last Friday.
The state hopes to at least get a stay until Friday so it can go to the Supreme Court.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette officially announced his intention to run for another term as the state's attorney general.
Gov. Snyder's office says they're waiting to see what the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decides.
With a stay issued by the U.S. Sixth Circuit of Appeals in Michigans' same sex marriage case, the question for many is whether the marriages performed on Saturday will remain legally binding.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay until Wednesday at the request of State Attorney General, Bill Schuette.
Hundreds of people waited in line at the Washtenaw County Clerks office to obtain a long-awaited marriage license and then get hitched!
Early Saturday morning, the Ingham County clerk's office issued Michigan's first marriage license for a same-sex-couple.
The state of Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage has been struck down.
County clerks, including Barb Byrum in Ingham County, say they would be prepared to issue same-sex marriage licenses almost immediately.
Americans around the country have evolved remarkably and the courts are catching up with public opinion, noted a local constitutional law professor.
The judge must decide if there is a rational public interest in restricting marriage to a man and a woman.
A judge is hearing final arguments in a challenge to Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage, which was approved by voters in 2004.
He testified that children raised by heterosexual parents had a much greater chance of making normal progress through school than those living with same-sex couples
The judge must determine whether there's a rational public interest in restricting marriage to a man and a woman in Michigan.
A Stanford University professor will return to the witness stand Wednesday in a trial testing Michigan's ban on gay marriage
Should the gay marriage ban be overturned?
State Attorney General Bill Schuette states that the ban is to ensure that relations benefit, rather than harm, society and threatens to appeal if the ban is overturned.
A federal judge could overturn a ban on gay marriage approved by Michigan voters in 2004.
A federal judge is considering a U.S. constitutional challenge to a voter-approved 2004 amendment to the Michigan Constitution that ban's same sex marriages.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman may throw out the law Wednesday after hearing arguments in his Detroit courtroom.
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The number of cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan continues to grow in the hundreds each day as health officials track a parasite that can cause diarrhea and nausea after contaminated food is eaten.
While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is still working to identify the source of a parasite that has caused a cyclosporiasis outbreak, a Michigan doctor says officials are closer than you think to solving the case.
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U-M President Domenico Grasso announced Monday that Manuel will leave the role by the end of the year, as a third-party culture review found failures to act on allegations of wrongdoing within the athletic department.
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Happy Hump Day Fam!! Did you take a deep breath of FRESH AIR this morning?! Looking at good air quality and cooler temps today as the cold front did its job by pushing the smoke away and brought much cooler refreshing air. Mostly sunny today, high 75°. More sun expected heading into the weekend with temps warming back into the mid to upper 80’s by Sunday. Next chance for rain arrives Sunday evening.