DETROIT, MI (AP)-- A federal judge has ruled that Michigan must recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages performed during a brief window last year.
U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled Thursday that the unions are valid. Goldsmith stayed the decision for 21 days pending any appeal by the state.
A different federal judge struck down the state's gay marriage ban on March 21. More than 300 same-sex couples in four counties got married the next day, before an appeals court suspended the decision and blocked additional marriages.
Michigan has refused to recognize those marriages.
Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement that his office is reviewing the ruling.