Lawmakers approve gay marriage Illois

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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.

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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.

RIGHTS OF LBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS, AND TRANSGENR PERSONS

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': 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.

”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.

GAY PEOPLE WHO E OUT LATER LIFE FACE UNIQUE OBSTACL

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.

ILLOIS GAY MARRIAGE BE LAW AS PROMPTS HOPE, NCERN

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. 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.

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Gay people who e out later life face unique obstacl | AP News .

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