gay marriage

State Attorney General Bill Schuette has asked a federal appeals court to put the legal challenge to Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage on a fast track.…

The federal government will recognize the marriages of 300 gay and lesbian couples performed last weekend in Michigan before more weddings were blocked by…

Michigan's congressional Democrats are asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for federal recognition of the more than 300 same-sex marriages performed…

That's the status of same-sex couples in Michigan who had hoped to marry after last Friday's ruling from federal judge Bernard Friedman, a ruling that…

Gov. Rick Snyder says Michigan won't recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages performed last weekend.The marriages were performed Saturday before a…

There are a lot of bewildered and dejected people in Michigan today.Most of all, perhaps, the 300 or so same-sex couples who got married last Saturday,…

On Friday, March 21, U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman struck down Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage.The next day, clerks in Ingham, Washtenaw,…

For many newly married couples, it’s not unusual to apply to the state and federal government to get their new last names.But for Art Bristol and Corey…

Update 5:05 p.m.In a reversal from what it signaled earlier in the day, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary stay on the…

Update 8:27 am:Rick Pluta reports from Ingham County that the first marriage there was performed at 8:05 am.7:21 am Saturday:Now four counties –…