The start of the trial in Michigan

The Michigan marriage equality case got underway yesterday. It may last until the middle of next week. This trial is unusual in two ways. First, there is an actual trial. I don't think that's been done since the Calif. case in 2010. Most of the judges in recent cases have relied on written testimony, not living witnesses. Second, since this case had its beginnings as an adoption case the central question is whether gays and lesbians are fit to be parents and worthy of state recognition. It will be good to get all of that -- the bad science and the rebuttal -- into the public record. Once the trial has ended the ruling could come hours, days, or weeks later.

I think Between the Lines will have daily online articles. The one that reports on yesterday's proceedings says the state's witnesses, the ones who say gays are bad parents, will appear later in the trial. Yesterday, the critics of that junk science started making their case.