Legal Opinion
Deboer v. Snyder
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided March 21, 2014No. Civil Action No. 12-CV-10285PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse (“plaintiffs”) challenge a November 2004 voter-approved amendment to the Michigan Constitution that prohibits same-sex marriage (hereinafter the “Michigan Marriage Amendment” or “MMA”), Mich. Const. Art. I, § 25. The Michigan Marriage Amendment states: “To secure and preserve the benefits of marriage for our society and for future generations of children, the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union…
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