Same-Sex Couples

A Michigan Supreme Court case heard this week is testing the limits of state civil rights law.It involves a former social work professor at Calvin University whose contract wasn’t renewed after he officiated a same-sex wedding for a colleague. His lawyers argued that amounted to sex-based discrimination by association.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on same-sex marriage in 2015, but Michigan's (unenforceable) ban remains on the books because it can only be repealed by voters.