Federal judge delays decision on Michigan's same-sex marriage ban

1:14 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

Federal judge delays decision on Michigan's same-sex marriage ban

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Two women from suburban Detroit with three adopted children challenged amendment to state Constitution.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman said today he will wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide two gay marriage cases before ruling on a whether Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional "I think it’s worth the wait," Friedman said today in a hearing brought by two women who want joint custody of their three children. "I don't know what the Supreme Court is going to do."