LGBTQ adoptions are still difficult in Michigan, lawmakers want that to change Lawmakers in the Michigan Senate are working to stop discrimination against LGBTQ couples looking to adopt. and last updated 2021-05-21 19:25:12-04 LANSING, Mich. â Kathleen Edsall and her partner have adopted eight children over the last 25 years. The East Lansing couple has navigated the adoption process in three different states. Kathleen Edsall and her partner have adopted eight children over the last 25 years. Michigan has been the most difficult. Even after the Marriage Equality Act made same-sex marriage legal in the United States, a 2015 Michigan law allowed private adoption agencies to turn away people looking to adopt for religious reasons.