Illois Gay Marriage: Hoe Fails To Vote On Same-Sex Marriage Bill Friday, Bill Delayed Until Fall | HuffPost Chigo

Contents:

• LAWMAKERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE ILLOIS
• SWEET 16: ILLOIS GOV. SIGNS GAY MARRIAGE BILL
• ILLOIS GAY MARRIAGE: HOE FAILS TO VOTE ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL FRIDAY, BILL DELAYED UNTIL FALL
• ILLOIS: GAY MARRIAGE BILL IS SENT TO SENATE
• GAY MARRIAGE BILL INTRODUCED IN ILLOIS
• ILLOIS HOE APPROV BILL PAVG WAY FOR GAY MARRIAGE

LAWMAKERS APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE ILLOIS

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.

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.

SWEET 16: ILLOIS GOV. SIGNS GAY MARRIAGE BILL

The two-class system was a clear narrative that advot uld e when lobbyg lawmakers who were on the fence, ntendg jt didn't make sense for gay upl Illois to be nied accs to benefs that were available to upl livg jt across the borr Iowa. Advot soon received addnal help om Pope Francis, who warned that the Catholic Church uld lose s way by focg too much on social stanc, cludg opposn to homosexualy. "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?

" Francis said ments sparked a wave of soul-searchg by several Catholic lawmakers who had battled to rencile their relig beliefs wh their sworn duty to reprent their nstuents who were creasgly supportive of gay rights even as Cardal Francis Gee remaed opposed. "For those that jt happen to be gay — livg a very harmon, productive relatnship but illegal — who am I to judge that they should be illegal?

ILLOIS GAY MARRIAGE: HOE FAILS TO VOTE ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL FRIDAY, BILL DELAYED UNTIL FALL

Madigan had e unr fire om some gay rights groups who argued that he wasn't dog enough to build support the chamber he ntrols, but advot say he was cril roundg up the fal need vot the last several, Madigan acknowledged that he helped persua "a signifint number of people" to vote for the legislatn. "It was over five, " Madigan said, addg that was not over addn, Ain-Amerin lawmakers who had been divid on the issue provid some key vot favor, and three Hoe Republins me speaker gave much cred to Harris, the bill's sponsor, sayg he was steadfast the face of "unwarranted cricism" om some the gay muny who were not happy wh the way Harris was handlg the bill.

The legislatn would not require relig anizatns to wed gay upl, and church officials would not be forced to allow gay upl seekg to marry to e their opponents say the bill don't go far enough to protect relig rights. "My nvictn happens to be that this (gay marriage) is wrong, but my nvictn is that Scripture is right.

"J loved everyone, " Dunk Majory Lear Barbara Flynn Currie likened the nial of gay marriage to laws agast terracial marriage s Rep. "Homosexualy has nothg to do wh race, " Flowers said. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chigo, said the issue mattered very much to the fai that would be impacted, readg a letter om a 10-year-old girl beg raised by a gay uple who asked, "Will you let my two dads be married?

ILLOIS: GAY MARRIAGE BILL IS SENT TO SENATE

You had Ain-Amerins, you had Latos, you had whe, gay and straight. 5 followed a long-awaed Hoe vote to approve gay marriage the state.

"There is no straight or gay marriage. The Illois Office of Tourism has already beefed up s webse to promote gay-iendly spots Illois.

GAY MARRIAGE BILL INTRODUCED IN ILLOIS

Cook County Clerk David Orr said his offic will be open on June 1, a Sunday, so gay upl n get their marriage licens.

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Gay marriage a step closer Illois. If is approved, Illois would be the 10th state, pl the District of Columbia, to legalize same-sex marriage, acrdg to Lambda Legal, a gay rights anizatn. Liz Cheney of Wyomg -- a break om her past stance on the issue, which publicly put her at odds wh her parents and sister, who is gay.

ILLOIS HOE APPROV BILL PAVG WAY FOR GAY MARRIAGE

"I've ma clear my support for gay marriage years ago. |Illois: Gay Marriage Bill Is Sent to Senate ADVERTISEMENTNatnal Briefg | MidwtJan.

Advot are phg for full gay marriage rights jt 18 months after the state regnized civil unns.

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 13 of the New York edn wh the headle: Illois: Gay Marriage Bill Is Sent To Senate.