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JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - A 30-year-old woman could be in front of a judge Monday to face charges for the death of a man believed to be her boyfriend. Officials say the incident happened Saturday at anget more >> Neighbors commented that the suspect and the victim had a noticeably abusive relationshipget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A pawn shop owner in south Lansing caught a thief on-camera stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from his store, while the thief's three accomplices kept the storeget more >> Surveillance video catches a suspected thief stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from a Lansing pawn shopget more >> Crime Stoppers of Mid-Michigan is asking for the public's help in one incident and locating two men wanted for felonies. On Thursday, March 7 around 11:30p.m., officers were dispatched to the 200 blockget more >> If you have any information, you're asked to call Crime Stoppers at 517-483-STOPget more >> JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is looking for information on a man they say stole several firearms and silencers. It happened on May 8 at the Schupback'sget more >> They say after the store closed, a man came out of hiding and stole several firearms and silencersget more >> MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says 37 people have been killed by a tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Officials at two hospitals say they're treatingget more >> Death Toll Expected to Climb After Massive Tornado Flattens Moore, Okla.get more >> @City Council says they've approved a balanced budget, but the mayor says he has his veto pen ready.get more >> The City Council says they've approved a balanced budget, but the mayor says he has his veto pen ready. get more >> NORTON SHORES, Mich. (AP) - Police looking for a 25-year-old woman who disappeared from her job at a West Michigan gas station last month say they're investigating high-priority tips received over theget more >> Heeringa disappeared April 26 before she was set to close the station in Norton Shores, near Muskegonget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Several former employees of a Lansing-based production company say for months, the business often skipped payday, and sometimes didn't pay at all. Five former employees of Lifeget more >> Former employees of a Lansing-based production company say the business often skipped payday, and sometimes didn't pay at all.get more >> AMBER ALERT: The Detroit Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for 3-year-old Alonna Anderson. Alonna was last seen at her home in Detroit. She has brown eyes, black hair and was wearing a shirtget more >> The girl was found safeget more >> A newly married Detroit-area youth minister has died in a traffic crash in Ohio while he and his wife were on the way to their honeymoon.get more >> A newly married Detroit-area youth minister has died in a traffic crash in Ohio while he and his wife were on the way to their honeymoon.get more >>
DETROIT (WLNS) - A federal judge says he'll wait for important rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court before deciding the future of Michigan's ban on gay marriage.
Judge Bernard Friedman heard arguments Thursday on a lesbian couple's challenge to a state law that bars them from jointly adopting children.
At the judge's request, the two Detroit-area nurses expanded their case to target the state's 2004 constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
The judge says Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer made a "compelling" argument that the law violates the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. However, he says he wants to wait to rule because a future Supreme Court opinion in a California case could affect the Michigan case.
This happens just as a new study comes out that suggests more people now approve of gay marriage. It's sponsored by a group that supports the move, Freedom to Marry, but the polls were analyzed by both a Democrat and a Republican.
The poll analyzed the 2012 exit polls on election day and said the number of people against same sex marriage is shrinking. Among the 31 states surveyed, 49 percent of people supported same sex marriage in their state, while 46 percent opposed it. The poll shows that those in opposition are mainly among certain demographics, like older people and Evangelical Christians.
