BY RICK PLUTA
Michigan Public Radio Network
A decision on whether Michigan's gay marriage ban is constitutional will wait until this summer. A federal judge in Detroit says he wants to see how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a pair of gay marriage cases before he makes his ruling.
This started out as a case on adoption rights for same-sex couples. Jayne Rouse and April DeBoer are raising three children together. But under the law, they don't share joint legal rights and responsibilities.
An emotional April DeBoer said she's disappointed there was no ruling after the hearing, but she remains hopeful.
"We will wait til June and see what the Supreme Court has to say and that we will finally get the rights to our children." DeBoer said.
The state attorney general argued that marriage is not a basic right, and so changing laws about marriage and adoption should be left to the Legislature or voters.
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