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Michigan tribe allows same-sex couple to marry

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Published March 19, 2013 at 4:01 PM EDT

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The marriage of Odawa tribesman Tim LaCroix to his spouse Gene Barfield on Friday marked the first legal same-sex marriage in Michigan. As Interlochen Public Radioreports the Odawa tribe is one of only three tribes to legalize gay marriage in the country.