{"id":11935,"date":"2015-08-24T17:51:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T17:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=11935"},"modified":"2015-08-24T20:30:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T20:30:19","slug":"its-a-wedding-for-the-michigan-moms-who-challenged-the-marriage-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2015\/08\/its-a-wedding-for-the-michigan-moms-who-challenged-the-marriage-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a wedding for the Michigan moms who challenged the marriage ban!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];   if (d.getElementById(id)) return;   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;   js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";   fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michigan82415REALnew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michigan82415REALnew.jpg\" alt=\"michigan82415REALnew\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michigan82415REALnew.jpg 600w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/michigan82415REALnew-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTwo Detroit-area nurses whose lawsuit erased Michigan&#8217;s ban on gay marriage and played a role in making it legal across the country are expected to exchange vows.<\/p>\n<p>April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse are getting married Saturday in Southfield. Federal Judge Bernard Friedman, who struck down the state&#8217;s ban, will perform the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>DeBoer has said more than 200 people were invited, and the wedding won&#8217;t be open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The couple sued the state after they couldn&#8217;t jointly adopt each other&#8217;s children. That case grew into a challenge to a Michigan constitutional amendment that recognized marriage only between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Friedman overturned the state&#8217;s gay marriage ban in 2014. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court said same-sex couples have a right to marry.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilx.com\/home\/headlines\/322619062.html\" target=\"_blank\">AP<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Image via MSNBC<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=11935\" data-num-posts=\"10\" data-width=\"500\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Detroit-area nurses whose lawsuit erased Michigan&#8217;s ban on gay marriage and played a role in making it legal across<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45999,"featured_media":11942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,195],"tags":[1144,426],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s a wedding for the Michigan moms who challenged the marriage ban! 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