Michigan Seen Taking ‘Ostrich’ Approach to Same-Sex Union
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Michigan’s defense of its same-sex marriage ban reflects an “ostrich” approach to research showing children of such unions benefit the same as those of heterosexual marriages, lawyers for two women said in a trial seeking to overturn the law.
The Michigan case should be “the last trial in America where same-sex couples have to defend themselves,” said Carole Stanyar, a lawyer for plaintiffs April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, in her opening argument today in Detroit federal court.