Thursday, June 5, 2014
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
Thursday, June 5, 2014
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cum 7
Gay mamage remams in limbo
ACLU sues state to co"p' of recognition after it
issues a valid marriage license."
have 300 same-sex Kaplan, as well as five other
ACLU attorneys and two ACLU
marriages reCogniZed cooperating attorneys, are
representing the same-sex
ByALLANAAKHTAR couples in the case.
IuyNewsEditor In January 2012, Hazel Park
residentsApril DeBoer and Jayne
Lawyers, advocates and Rowse sued the state of Michigan
legislatures continue to fight for for denying them the right to
marriage equality months after jointly adopt their children
U.S. District Judge Bernard because the couple could not
Friedman struck down the state's legally marry. Though the case
ban on same-sex marriage. began as a matter of changing
Last Thursday, the Michigan the state adoption policies, the
chapter of the American Civil lawsuit evolved into a question
Liberties Union filed a request to of whether or not same-sex
force the state to recognize over marriage is legal in Michigan.
300 marriages preformed before Judge Friedman struck down
the stay ordered by Michigan the Michigan Marriage Act
Attorney General Bill Schuette this March, voted for by a 58
(R) on Judge Friedman's ruling. percent majority through a ballot
In their brief for the case, initiative. Friedman declared
Caspar v. Snyder, the ACLU said the ban on same-sex marriage
they are defending the same-sex unconstitutional.
couples that married in the time "In attempting to define this
between the ruling and the stay, case as a challenge to 'the will
asking Michigan to recognize of the people,'...state defendants
their marriages as legal. lost sight of what this case is
"At the heart of this case is the truly about: people," he wrote in
fundamental right of lawfully his 31-page ruling.
married couples to enjoy the After Schuette requested a
benefits of marriage," said Jay stay on the ruling, the U.S. 6th
Kaplan, staff attorney for the Circuit Court of Appeals granted
ACLU of Michigan's LGBT the stay by a 2-1 majority on
Project, in a press release. "The March 24,2014.
state cannot strip a married Though the federal
government announced it would
recognize the hundreds of
marriages made between the
time of Friedman's ruling and
the stay, the state government
did not.
Law Prof. Julian Mortenson,
who is currently working with
the ACLU as a cooperating
attorney in Casper v. Snyder, said
when these marriages occurred,
it was unequivocally legal for
the couples to wed. Therefore,
no matter what happens after
they occurred, the state does not
have the constitutional authority
to take away these couples'
marriages.
Though it is difficult to find
constitutionality with same-
sex marriage bans, the future of
same-sex marriage in Michigan
and in the nation is still
uncertain. However, Mortenson
said he firmly believes in the
legality of the ACLU's argument
in Caspar v. Snyder, saying the
law does not allow anyone to take
away the rights of people who
married validly.
"We believe, quite strongly,
thatbanson marriage equalityare
unconstitutional and specifically,
regardless of whether they are
unconstitutional, once valid
marriage have been entered
into, they can't be taken away,"
Mortenson said.
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older sibling, Tomukun ters. But before your protein arrives,
Bar, as well as Lab Cafe, an assortment of little plates called
he trio into the Ann Arbor banchan is brought out. Almost all
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provided tongs and snip- with a perforated metal plate, sort
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large pieces off the tray of the grill.
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grill. With so many people way street" shtick comes in. Your
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