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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.

Michigan Will Not Recognize Same-Sex Marriages

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder says Michigan won't recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages performed last weekend.

 
     The marriages were performed Saturday before a federal appeals court suspended a decision that overturned the state's ban on gay marriage.
 
     Snyder's announcement Wednesday closes the door to certain benefits granted to Michigan married couples. The move comes after a day after an appeals court indefinitely stopped any additional same-sex marriages.
 
     Snyder says the marriages were legal at the time but the stay means the ban now is back in effect.
 
     The court is reviewing a decision by Detroit federal Judge Bernard Friedman, who struck down a 2004 constitutional amendment that says marriage is between a man and a woman.
 
     It will take months for the appeals court to affirm or reject Friedman's opinion.