After a federal judge struck down Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage last week, 100 couples who wed in the 24 hours or so after the decision are now in legal limbo, the Detroit Free Press reports. The Sixth Circuit issued an order late on Saturday to stay the lower court ruling declaring the ban unconstitutional. An estimated 300 same-sex marriage licenses were issued in Michigan. And the state also has not decided if it will recognize marital rights for same-sex couples who wed.
"Dan Ray, a constitutional law professor at Thomas Cooley Law School, said the marriages that were performed before the stay was issued are valid," the Free Press further reports.
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