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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Michigan since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015. On March 21, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled the state's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples unconstitutional.
The first legally-recognized same-sex marriage occurred in Minneapolis, [3] Minnesota, in 1971. [4] On June 26, 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court overturned Baker v. Nelson and ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens, and thus legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Obama first endorsed marriage equality in 2012 — the first U.S. president to do so — and later said he believed the Constitution guaranteed the right to marriage for all same-sex couples.
The Governor of Michigan signed the bill into law. [31] In August 2023, a Michigan fruit and orchard market farmer who opposed same-sex marriage won a court case officially "based on legal precedent". [32] Since 2023, LGBTQ people are explicitly included within Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
Public polling suggests about 70 percent of Americans agree same-sex marriage should be legally protected Michigan GOP lawmaker insists banning gay marriage is ‘not remotely controversial ...
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The assessment is based on an international child rights convention, but the United States is the only U.N. member not to have adopted the treaty.
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