BREAKING NEWS - Marriage Equality Bill introduced in Illinois
Moments ago, Representatives Greg Harris, Deb Mell, and Kelly Cassidy filed a marriage equality bill in Illinois General Assembly.
We commend these leaders for taking yet another step towards full equality for lesbian and gay families in Illinois, and we are grateful to them for their leadership. This is just the beginning: the road to marriage equality is sure to be long, but it is one that we must travel together.
In following experiences of thousands of couples in civil unions over the past year, we confirmed what we always suspected to be true: that creating a separate institution to provide substantially the same rights did not add up to full equality under the law. A pharmacist who denied prescription pick-up to the patient's civil union partner didn't think it's the same thing as marriage. A coroner who refused to issue a death certificate to civil union partner survivor did not think that civil unions are the same as marriage. Tax preparers, estate planners, employers and employees do not think that civil unions are the same as marriage. Separate is not equal. And we at Equality Illinois will not rest until gay and lesbian couples in every corner of the state - who are equal in love - are also equal in marriage.
Just yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that California’s denial of marriage in favor of domestic partnerships for same sex couples violated the U.S. Constitution.
In days, weeks, and months to come, we will share with you our strategy for moving forward toward marriage equality. Please join us in this urgent and important work. We cannot succeed without you.
Very truly yours,
Bernard Cherkasov
Chief Executive Officer
Posted by Best of Gay Chicago at 2/8/2012 1:06 PM 
Categories: News and Happenings, Civil Unions, Gay Marriage
Categories: News and Happenings, Civil Unions, Gay Marriage
You wish to changing God's Law of marriage!
I don't wish to stand in your shoes at the end of time and answer for your decisions!
Daniel 7:25
25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time
Genesis 2:24
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Who's your God? and where do you get your religion?
Kevin Allen Ake, CPA
Chicago
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Um, My GOD loves everyone.
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The God I learned about growing up loves everyone too. I think the so called "Christians" that preach hate are the shoes that I would not want to be at the end of time. I feel sorry for them and they are all in for a rude awakening. God = Love
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My partner and I always say Christians with a K - for those extreme bible quoting "Christians"!
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Dude - you are reading an OLD BIBLE.
This is 2012. Equality FOR ALL. Not just straight white people.
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