Michigan's first gay marriage performed in Ingham County

[Faygo Kid]

Last edited Sat Mar 22, 2014, 10:27 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Detroit Free Press

Michigan’s first gay marriage was performed shortly after 8 a.m. today by Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum at the historic courthouse in Mason.

Glenna DeJong, 53, and Marsha Caspar, 52, both of Lansing, were married in the lobby after Byrum opened the clerk’s office at 8 a.m. and issued them a license.

“We’ve been waiting 27 years for this,” said DeJong.

The marriage followed a ruling late Friday by U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman that struck down Michigan’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage as unconstitutional. Byrum, who normally opens at 8 a.m. only Monday through Friday, raced to get ahead of a stay Attorney General Bill Schuette is seeking on an emergency basis from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. She also got ahead of other county clerks in Michigan who announced they would open at 9 a.m. . .

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20140322/NEWS06/303220043/Michigan-s-first-gay-marriage-performed-Ingham-County-more-expected-today

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Lots more expected around the state today. Congrats to all the newly married Michiganders!

[shenmue]

1. Mazel tov

[OKNancy]

2. all sorts of marvelous tweets about couples

getting their licenses

[Faygo Kid]

3. Update: More than 20 couples married this a.m. in Ingham County alone

The floodgates have opened. No turning back now.

[SoapBox]

5. Good way to say it!

I was gonna say that the door was opened and it's off to the races!

Sorry Haters...you lose!

Congrats to all...happy dance time.

[Jgarrick]

9. Marriage equality is inevitable nationwide in the next 5 to 10 years.

There may be occasional setbacks, but the overwhelming support for it by younger Americans will make it unstoppable in the near future.

[Botany]

4. Damn it I got something in my eye .....

..... and the one wore tennis shoes and both showed up as they really are two
people who love each other.


<Cheryl Overley, 45, of Delta Township, a mother of seven children, stepped out of
the small crowd to offer DeJong and Caspar, who were strangers to her, long-stemmed
roses she purchased nearby early on Saturday morning.>

As noted up thread no turning back now.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. And surprisingly...

"traditional" marriage was not destroyed in Michigan. Big K&R

[blkmusclmachine]

7. UPDATE: MI issues a stay on marriage for gay, tax-paying citizens.

[Aristus]

8. And once again,

the world fails to come to an end.

I'm happy for them.