Marriage Equality on Track in Michigan
- changemediagroup
- Jan 15, 2015
- 1 min read
On March 22, 2014, I had the privilege of being able to preform the marriage ceremonies for a small portion of the 300 couples that were lawfully married after Michigan's discriminatory ban on marriage equality was struck down. It was without a doubt one of the most important and meaningful things I have ever been involved with. Shortly thereafter, Governor Snyder and Attorney General Schuette refused to recognize those unions and fought their recognition in federal court. Today they lost.
It is my sincerest hope that today's important victory for loving LGBT couples in Michigan will be followed by the U.S. Supreme Court granting certiorari in DeBoer v. Snyder tomorrow. Today school children learn about Loving v. Virginia and the end of discriminatory anti-miscegenation laws. I hope that in the future children will learn about DeBoer v. Snyder and the end of marriage discrimination against LGBT Americans. After his ignominious defense of Michigan's marriage equality ban, it would be only too fitting for Governor Snyder's name to become synonymous with discrimination in American history.
For my part, I look forward to the day when I can help other loving LGBT couples tie the knot in Michigan. It can't come soon enough.
Read more about Michigan's path to marriage quality here, in the Detroit Free Press on January 15th, 2015.
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