NATIONAL PRIDE AT WORK, INC., Becky Allen, Dorthea Agnostopoulos, Adnan Ayoub, Meghan Bellanger, Judith Block, Mary M. Brisbois, Wade Carlson, Courtney D. Chapin, Michael Chapman, Michelle Corwin, Lori Curry, Joseph Darby, Scott Dennis, Jim Etzkorn, Jill Fuller, Susan Halsey-Ceragh, Peter Hammer, Debra Harrah, Ty Hiither, Jolinda Jach, Terry Korreck, Craig Kukuk, Gary Lindsay, Kevin McMann, A.T. Miller, Kitty O'Neil, Dennis Patrick, Tom Patrick, Gregg Pizzi, Kathleen Poelker, Jerome Post, Barbara Ramber, Paul Renwick, Dahlia Schwartz, Alexandra Stern, Gwen Stokes, Ken Cyberski, Joanne Beemon, Carol Borgeson, Michael Falk, and Matt Scott, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, Defendant-Appellant, and
City of Kalamazoo, Defendant-Appellee, and
Attorney General, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.
National Pride at Work, Inc., Becky Allen, Dorthea Agnostopoulos, Adnan Ayoub, Meghan Bellanger, Judith Block, Mary M. Brisbois, Wade Carlson, Courtney D. Chapin, Michael Chapman, Michelle Corwin, Lori Curry, Joseph Darby, Scott Dennis, Jim Etzkorn, Jill Fuller, Susan Halsey-Ceragh, Peter Hammer, Debra Harrah, Ty Hiither, Jolinda Jach, Terry Korreck, Craig Kukuk, Gary Lindsay, Kevin McMann, A.T. Miller, Kitty O'Neil, Dennis Patrick, Tom Patrick, Gregg Pizzi, Kathleen Poelker, Jerome Post, Barbara Ramber, Paul Renwick, Dahlia Schwartz, Alexandra Stern, Gwen Stokes, Ken Cyberski, Joanne Beemon, Carol Borgeson, Michael Falk, And Matt Scott, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Governor Of Michigan and City of Kalamazoo, Defendants, and
Attorney General, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.
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Argued November 6, 2007.
Decided May 7, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark Granzotto, P.C. (by Mark Granzotto), Royal Oak, Deborah A. Labelle, Ann Arbor, Jay D. Kaplan, Detroit, Michael J. Steinberg, Detroit, Kary L. Moss, Detroit, Pepper Hamilton L.L.P. (by Scott L. Gorland, Thomas P. Wilczak, Amanda J. Shelton, and Kurt A. Kissling), Detroit, and Nancy S. Katz, Plymouth, for National Pride at Work, Inc., and others.
Susan I. Leffler, D.J. Pascoe, and Robert A. Dietzel, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Governor.
Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Henry J. Boynton, Assistant Solicitor General, and Eric Restuccia and Joseph E. Potchen, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General.
Stephen K. Postema, City Attorney, for amici curiae the city of Ann Arbor.
Gloria A. Hage, Louis A. Lessem, Catherine Dehlin, Eileen K. Jennings, Paul J. Tomasi, William C. Collins, and Kenneth A. McKanders for amici curiae the University of Michigan Regents, the Wayne State University Board of Governors, the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees, the Northern Michigan University Board of Control, Michigan Technological University, Saginaw Valley State University, and the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents.
Dan Sherrick and Georgi-Ann Bargamian, Detroit, for amici curiae International Union, UAW and UAW Local 6000.
Gregory, Moore, Jeakle, Heinen & Brooks, P.C. (by Gordon A. Gregory and Scott A. Brooks), Detroit, Robert A. Sedler, Detroit, and Rachel Levinson, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae the Michigan Conference of the American Association of University Professors.
Stephen M. Crampton, Lynchburg, VA, and Law Office of LaRae G. Munk, P.C. (by LaRae G. Munk), Midland, for amici curiae the American Family Association of Michigan.
David & Wierenga, P.C. (by James R. Wierenga), Grand Rapids, Benjamin W. Bull, Brian Raum, Scottsdale, AZ, and Dale Schowengerdt, Scottsdale, AZ, for amici curiae the Michigan Family Forum.
Thomas More Law Center (by Patrick T. Gillen), Ann Arbor, for amici curiae Citizens for the Protection of Marriage.
Mayer Brown L.L.P. (by Stephen Sanders), Chicago, IL, for amici curiae various law professors at Michigan public universities.
Theresa Kelly and Robert A. Noto, East Lansing, for amici curiae Michigan State University.
Cynthia Ann Paul, Lansing, for amici curiae Michigan Pride at Work, Service Employees International Union Local 517M, the Michigan chapter of the AFLCIO, Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 459, and the Lansing Association of Human Rights.
Kerr, Russell and Weber, P.L.C. (by Joanne Geha Swanson and Daniel J. Schultei), Detroit, for amici curiae the Michigan State Medical Society.
Theresa J. Alderman, East Lansing, Arthur R. Przybylowicz, East Lansing, and White, Scheider, Young & Chiodini, P.C. (by Michael M. Shoudy and Dena M. Lampinen), Okemos, for amici curiae the Michigan Education Association.
Dickinson Wright P.L.L.C. (by Henry M. Grix), Bloomfield Hills, James P. Madigan, David S. Buckel, Chicago, IL, and Kenneth D. Upton, Jr., Chicago, IL, for amici curiae the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., the Human Rights Campaign, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the Triangle Foundation, Michigan Equality, the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, and Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays, Inc.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
MARKMAN, J.
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