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The State of Michigan’s highly anticipated gay marriage trial began late February in Detroit, where a Federal judge will hear the pros and cons of raising children in same-sex families and rule on the definition of marriage in Michigan. Updates will be posted as they become available.

Ann Arbor Woman Devastated Her Wedding Won't Be Recognized

Gay Marriage
Andrew Cluley
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89.1 WEMU

An Ann Arbor woman is devastated and questioning why she should stay in the state now that Governor Rick Snyder says Michigan won't recognize her marriage that took place last weekend.  

Snyder announced Wednesday the marriages were legal at the time but the federal appeals court stay means the ban now is back in effect so the couples won't be eligible for benefits offered married couples.  

Amy McLoughlin thinks it's really disappointing.

McLoughlin says she doesn't care about the Governor or the Attorney General acknowledging her love but wants the same rights as her married heterosexual peers.  

It's expected to take a year or more for the court to make a decision.

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— Andrew Cluley is the Ann Arbor beat reporter, and anchor for 89.1 WEMU News. Contact him at 734.487.3363 or email him acluley@emich.edu.

 

Like many, I first came to this area when I started school at the University of Michigan, then fell in love with the community and haven’t left. After graduating from U of M in the mid 1990’s I interned at WDET for several years, while also working a variety of jobs in Ann Arbor. Then in 1999 I joined the WEMU news team.
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