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Fall Showdown In Court On Mich. Gay Marriage Ban
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A federal judge says he’ll hear arguments Oct. 1 on the legality of Michigan’s ban on gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.
Judge Bernard Friedman set the date Wednesday in what could be a ground-breaking lawsuit filed by two Detroit-area nurses who are lesbians.
Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer— both nurses— and three adopted children live under one roof in Hazel Park.
DeBoer has adopted two children, and Rowse has one — but Michigan law bars the women from jointly adopting each other’s kids. In each case, the biological parents were unable to care for the kids. The women have raised all three since birth.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/07/10/fall-showdown-in-court-on-mich-gay-marriage-ban/