Gov. Pat Qun signed a bill legalizg same-sex marriage Illois Wednday. Some nservative church are already rewrg their bylaws to guard agast possible lawsus by gay rights activists.
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- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEME LEGAL 6 YEARS AGO ILLOIS. SCE THEN, NEARLY 15,000 GAY UPL HAVE WED COOK COUNTY.
- RIGHTS OF LBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS
- GAY PEOPLE WHO E OUT LATER LIFE FACE UNIQUE OBSTACL
- LAWMAKERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE ILLOIS
- ILLOIS GAY MARRIAGE BE LAW AS PROMPTS HOPE, NCERN
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEME LEGAL 6 YEARS AGO ILLOIS. SCE THEN, NEARLY 15,000 GAY UPL HAVE WED COOK COUNTY.
CHICAGO (AP) — A lot n be hidn behd a marriage. For Brad and Cyndi Marler, was that they are both gay. * gay marriage illinoise *
Greg Harris, a primary sponsor of the bill who is openly gay, appld activists and advot who lobbied for the legislatn. Many of those state bans also face legal challeng, wh nearly 30 lawsus filed across the untry after two Supreme Court cisns the summer that favored gay marriage rights. ': Gay upl exile return to Ameri post-DOMA cisnSame-sex marriage supporters cheer 'Crella moment'; opponents vow to fight onRights wh reach: For some gay upl, marriage is mere away -- but that's still too farDaniel Ark, Staff Wrer, NBC News.
RIGHTS OF LBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS
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. * gay marriage illinoise *
”Gay and lbian upl won the right to marry Illois when former Gov.
GAY PEOPLE WHO E OUT LATER LIFE FACE UNIQUE OBSTACL
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 APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE ILLOIS
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. For Brad and Cyndi Marler, was that they are both gay.
ILLOIS GAY MARRIAGE BE LAW AS PROMPTS HOPE, NCERN
That’s not to ny so many amazg shifts public attus, laws, polici, but did not wash away a hundred years of homophobia society, ” said Ilan Meyer, a distguished senr scholar of public policy wh the Williams Instute.
“Beg homosexual, you’re jt gog to go straight to hell.
Even as stris were ma natnally for gay rights, the Marlers feared beg found out. It was a hoe of rds that need to e down, Brad had bee eply prsed and began workg on his ternalized homophobia wh the help of weekly therapy. Brad noted that the shame he associated wh his sexualy was triggered after his mother nonted him when he was 16 about the possibily of beg gay.