The state Hoe today narrowly approved a gay marriage bill, clearg the way for Illois to bee the 15th state Ameri to legalize same-sex unns.
Contents:
- RIGHTS OF LBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS
- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEME LEGAL 6 YEARS AGO ILLOIS. SCE THEN, NEARLY 15,000 GAY UPL HAVE WED COOK COUNTY.
- LAWMAKERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE ILLOIS
RIGHTS OF LBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS
LGBTQ+ clus people who intify as: Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, or Qutng. Employers n't discrimate agast you for beg transgenr or gay. This clus bullyg someone for beg gay or transgenr.
The Act prohibs discrimatn based on someone's actual or perceived sexual orientatn, which is fed to clu heterosexualy, homosexualy, bisexualy, and genr-related inty.
Sexual orientatn is a protected tegory unr the Illois Hate Crim Act and clus actual or perceived heterosexualy, homosexualy, bisexualy, or genr-related inty. Greg Harris, a primary sponsor of the bill who is openly gay, appld activists and advot who lobbied for the legislatn.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEME LEGAL 6 YEARS AGO ILLOIS. SCE THEN, NEARLY 15,000 GAY UPL HAVE WED COOK COUNTY.
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”Gay and lbian upl won the right to marry Illois when former Gov. Illois was the first state the Midwt to allow gay marriage through legislative actn, Qun said. Iowa legalized gay marriage 2009 when s Supreme Court overturned a state ban.
Lawmakers approved gay marriage Tuday a historic vote that saw supporters overe cultural, racial and geographic divis and put Illois le wh a growg number of stat that have extend the right to wed to same-sex more than a year of tense lobbyg by both sis, gay lawmakers ma emotnal pleas to lleagu to give their fai equal rights even as opponents argued that dog so would unravel the foundatn of society.
LAWMAKERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE ILLOIS
Rolvg the gay marriage qutn also allows state lears to get a divisive issue off their plat before next year's big statewi electn, even as long-standg fancial issu headled by the state's $100 billn public worker pensn shortfall rema unrolved. Print Barack Obama noted his relatively recent nversn last year to supporter of gay marriage. "Michelle and I are overjoyed for all the mted upl Illois whose love will now be as legal as ours — and for their iends and fay who have long wanted nothg more than to see their loved on treated fairly and equally unr the law, " Obama said a vote Tuday pped a year which prospects for gay marriage often were dim.
Supreme Court's landmark lg that stck down the fn of marriage as between a man and a woman for the purpose of receivg feral hailed as a major victory, the move created a suatn which gay upl livg stat that regnize same-sex marriage have more rights than their unterparts stat that haven't legalized gay marriage.