Tim LaCroix, a member of the
Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians in Michigan, and his new husband will be at the
White House on Thursday for a Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month reception.
LaCroix and Gene Barfield were the first same-sex couple who were married under tribal law. They will be driving 800 miles each way to get to the nation's capitol for the event.
"We're going to get in our truck this coming week and drive from Michigan to Washington," Bayfield, who is non-Indian, told The Petoskey News-Review.
So far, four tribes recognize same-sex unions: the
Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians in Michigan,
the
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians in Michigan,
the Coquille Tribe of Oregon and
the
Suquamish Tribe of Washington.
The
Navajo Nation and the
Cherokee Nation, the two
largest tribes, do not recognize same sex-marriage.
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Michigan's first gay couple, married by Odawa tribe, invited to White House
(The Petoskey News-Review 6/10)
First gay couple married in Michigan headed to White House reception
(MLive 6/8)
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