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FILE - In this March 5, 2013, file photo, April DeBoer, second from left, sits with her adopted daughter Ryanne, 3, left, and Jayne Rowse, fourth from left, and her adopted sons Jacob, 3, middle, and Nolan, 4, right, at their home in Hazel Park, Mich. A federal judge has struck down Michigan's ban on gay marriage, Friday, March 21, 2014, the latest in a series of decisions overturning similar laws across the U.S. The two nurses who've been partners for eight years claimed the ban violated their rights under the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Michigan gay marriage battle focuses on kids

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Supporters and protesters chant before closing arguments in the trial of two Detroit-area nurses, Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, challenging Michigan's gay-marriage ban at the Theodore Levin Federal Court in Detroit Friday March 7, 2014. Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage was approved by voters in 2004. Detroit federal Judge Bernard Friedman is not expected to make a decision Friday. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Mandi Wright) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES

Court grants injunction in Michigan gay marriage ruling

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times