Bill Schuette (Photo : REUTERS/Dominick Reuter)
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette will appear before the United States Supreme Court in less than two weeks concerning the state's ban on gay marriage. Schuette will stress that it is the will of the voters.
"This really is a case about who decides (who defines marriage). ... Voters, or will the federal courts make that decision," Schuette said.
The U.S. Constitution doesn't have any amendment on gay marriage. So, the general understanding is that it's up to the states to decide whether marriage should be between a man and a woman.
Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2004 preferring to go against gay marriages, Schuette and lead attorney John Bursch said, according to The Detroit News.
Schuette has already filed his stance to the Supreme Court. Schuette's filing follows two Michigan nurses action of fighting to legalize gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Hazel Park nurses April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse are against a Nov. 6 decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that denied same-sex couples the right to marry in Michigan and other three states.
The court held that voters, and not the judges, should take the decision whether gay marriage is considerable or not.
Schuette believes that the 6th Circuit's ruling was right. He has argued that children are best raised by moms and dads. He also said that embracing the same-sex parenting concept requires more research.
Michigan plaintiffs are is not the only ones seeking judgment on the issue. Plaintiffs of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee also have sought the judgment of the U.S. Supreme Court, Detroit Free Press reported.
"There will be more cases about this depending on what the justices rule," Schuette said. "Look at Roe v. Wade," case that legalized abortion.
However, Schuette pledged to obey and defend the ruling of the court, whatever it might be.
Currently, 37 states in the U.S. accept gay-marriage as legal.
