A lesbian couple's attempt to change the Michigan Adoption Code could lead to a significant ruling Thursday in the state's gay marriage ban. April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, who live with their three young children in Hazel Park, will appear in front of U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman Thursday morning at Wayne State University for arguments in the case, which seeks to overturn the 2004 state constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage. DeBoer, and Rowse began the case as a challenge to the adoption code, which currently allows for only one member of a same-sex couple to be the legal parent of an adopted child. If Friedman declares the amendment unconstitutional, gay couples would immediately be allowed to marry and adopt children.

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