federal judge, Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer amended their complaint to challenge the voter-approved gay marriage ban.

After a long wait for their day in court, a nine-day federal court trial, a ruling in their favor, a hectic 24 hours in which some 300 Michigan gay couples were married and an appeals court ruling overturning the first, the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 16 agreed to review their case.

Lawyers for the Michigan couple filed their Supreme Court brief Friday, arguing that preventing same-sex parents from marrying leaves kids vulnerable to economic and psychological harm. (Michigan couple's Supreme Court brief in gay marriage case focuses on 'injury to children')

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