Michigan Lawmaker Launches Constitutional Amendment to Allow Gay Marriage

A state lawmaker from Washtenaw County is set to announce Saturday at a gay rights rally in Lansing the launch of a long-shot effort to amend the Michigan Constitution to allow same sex couples to marry. The proposed amendment would repeal the marriage amendment approved by voters in 2004 which reserved marriage exclusively for unions of one man and one woman, and replace it with specific authorization for gay and lesbian marriage rights, said Rep. Pam Byrnes, D-Chelsea. Byrnes said today she was prompted to launch the initiative after seeing the results of a recent poll (first reported June 7 in the Free Press) that indicated Michigan voters have become more favorable to the idea of same sex unions since the marriage amendment was approved in ’04. Full Story from Freep.com

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