Detroit Free Press
July 18, 2008 

By Brian Dickerson - Free Press Columnist

As far as I can tell, no reputable pollster has taken our state’s temperature on gay marriage since 2004, when Michigan voters overwhelmingly opted to outlaw it.

But I’ve a hunch that at least a few thousand of those who voted to ban same-sex unions just four years ago would happily pony up for a mass  wedding ceremony at Comerica Park if enough creditworthy gay couples could be  found to purchase all their houses today.

Tread water long enough and you’re bound to become a little less  particular about who tosses you a lifeline. God may not have created Adam and  Steve, but if that happy couple opened a factory in southeast Michigan, I know a whole lot of straight guys who’d be willing to work in it. (more…)