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SAVE THE DATE: Valentine Dinner/Fundraiser for marriage equality in Michigan – Feb. 13, 2014 in Livonia

SAVE THE DATE: Valentine Dinner/Fundraiser for marriage equality in Michigan – Feb. 13, 2014 in Livonia

Share the Love Late last year, Anne and I traveled to the home of Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, a same-sex couple with adopted children who find themselves at the center of a fierce legal battle over marriage equality and adoption rights for same-sex couples in our state. Our interview got a lot of attention and spurred me on to […]

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Marriage equality MONEY BOMB, last day – Make an investment in ending same-sex marriage bans across the entire country

Marriage equality MONEY BOMB, last day – Make an investment in ending same-sex marriage bans across the entire country

Every day this week I have been posting about the fundraiser for the legal fund for April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse who are challenging Michigan’s discriminatory marriage ban. Today is the last day. Over half of the residents in our state oppose this law and, equally as important, it is a case that’s likely to go to the U.S. Supreme […]

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Marriage equality MONEY BOMB, Day 4 – This case could end same-sex marriage bans in the USA. All of them.

Marriage equality MONEY BOMB, Day 4 – This case could end same-sex marriage bans in the USA. All of them.

I want to introduce you to the legal team who is fighting to end the ban on same sex marriage in Michigan. These heroes haven’t received any compensation at all for their works but they deserved to be recognized.

Attorneys Carole Stanyar, Dana Nessel, Ken Mogill and Robert Sedler have years of experience trying criminal and civil cases both in state and federal courts. Ms. Stanyar, Mr. Mogill, and Mr. Sedler have all argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, while Ms. Nessel is recognized as one of Michigan’s premier attorneys for LGTB issues, having represented numerous clients over the years. Additionally, there are two nationally recognized, high-profile attorneys, Mary Bunauto and Leslie Cooper, who have signed on to consult for the trial. Mary Bunauto is the Civil Rights Project Director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). Ms. Bunauto successfully argued Baker v. State of Vermont in 1999 which allowed for the first civil unions law in the country. Ms. Bunauto also worked on the DOMA case. Leslie Cooper is an attorney for the ACLU’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Project. She is currently challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage in Whitewood v. Wolf.

These attorneys who are handling the DeBoer v. Snyder case have assembled a nationally recognized team of expert witnesses who…

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Marriage equality MONEY BOMB, Day 3 – Help end Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that over half of Michiganders don’t support

Marriage equality MONEY BOMB, Day 3 – Help end Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that over half of Michiganders don’t support

NOTE: Every day this week I will be posting about the fundraiser for the legal fund for April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse who are challenging Michigan’s discriminatory marriage ban. Over half of the residents in our state oppose this law and it’s time for it to go away for good. Equally as important, it is a case that’s likely to […]

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Marriage equality MONEY BOMB, Day 2 – Help fight back against Michigan’s offensive anti-LGBT marriage ban

Marriage equality MONEY BOMB, Day 2 – Help fight back against Michigan’s offensive anti-LGBT marriage ban

One day we’ll just call it “marriage” NOTE: Every day this week I will be posting about the fundraiser for the legal fund for April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse who are challenging Michigan’s discriminatory marriage ban. Over half of the residents in our state oppose this law and it’s time for it to go away for good. Equally as important, […]

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MONEY BOMB: Help us raise money to overturn Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban! The time is NOW!

MONEY BOMB: Help us raise money to overturn Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban! The time is NOW!

This could be the case that overturns same-sex marriage bans across the country once and for all Photo by Anne C. Savage April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse are fighting to overturn Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban, a law passed in 2004 which now is supported by less than half of our state’s residents. What started as a challenge to Michigan’s adoption […]

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INTERVIEW: Jayne Rowse & April DeBoer – the women taking on Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban to protect their family

INTERVIEW: Jayne Rowse & April DeBoer – the women taking on Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban to protect their family

The ban on same-sex marriage in Michigan can tear families apart [left to right: April, Nolan, Jacob, Jayne, and Ryanne] A few years ago, what started as a family vacation in Ohio nearly ended up in a fatal car crash for April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse. The two nurses had their three adopted children with them and the close call […]

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BREAKING: Federal judge postpones ruling on constitutionality of Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban

BREAKING: Federal judge postpones ruling on constitutionality of Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban

The waiting continues… U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman heard final arguments today in the case of DeBoer v Snyder and Schuette which is a challenge to Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban. The case started as a lawsuit by Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, a lesbian couple who wanted equal custody rights of their adopted children, something not permitted under Michigan law. […]

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Michigan Attorney General Schuette: Marriage is for regulating sexual relationships to make babies

Michigan Attorney General Schuette: Marriage is for regulating sexual relationships to make babies

Vasectomies: Harming society since … wait. WHAT?!? I have written in the past about Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, a Michigan couple who is suing the state to allow them, as a lesbian couple, to adopt each other’s children. When they brought their case before U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman, he encourage them to challenge Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriages […]

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Federal judge allows suit challenging Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage to move forward

Federal judge allows suit challenging Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage to move forward

Change is coming fast

U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled today that a case being brought by a Michigan lesbian couple challenging Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriages can move forward. Earlier this year, Judge Friedman suggested that the lesbian couple, Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, who were suing to be allowed to adopt each other’s children, broaden their complaint to challenge the same-sex marriage ban itself.

However, on March 6th, Judge Friedman decided to delay his decision until the U.S. Supreme Court gave their rulings on California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. During that hearing, he repeatedly challenged the notion that there is some rational government purpose in preventing same-sex couples from marrying. Now that that the Supreme Court has ruled decisively on the side of marriage equality, Judge Friedman is prepared to allow Rowse and DeBoer to challenge Michigan’s ban.

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UPDATED x2: Lesbian couple in Michigan will challenge state’s ban on same-sex marriage at judge’s invitation

UPDATED x2: Lesbian couple in Michigan will challenge state’s ban on same-sex marriage at judge’s invitation

What, I have to leave town for good things to happen in Michigan???

I leave Michigan for a few days and then THIS happens? Turns out a Michigan judge has invited a Michigan lesbian couple who filed a complaint about not being allowed to adopt each others children to take it a step further and challenge our state’s odious and discriminatory ban on same-sex marriage.

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