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Fifty Illinois businesses and executives publicly came out in support of marriage equality Sunday, citing fairness, economic boost and a need to keep Illinois competitive.
Maryland Delegate Don Dwyer has blamed a drinking problem on passage of a gay marriage law in the House of Delegates.
Moving swiftly on the first day of Illinois' new legislative session, the sponsors of a marriage equality bill Wednesday filed Senate and House bills that would grant same-sex couples the freedom to marry.
An anti-gay group from Rockford, Illinois has called on Francis Cardinal George, the head of the Catholic Conference of Illinois and the Archbishop of Chicago, to excommunicate Governor Pat Quinn over his support of marr
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has likened the growing "acceptance of pedophilia" to gay marriage.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is gay glossy The Advocate's "Person of the Year."
Gay rights activists, allies and politicians gathered outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago Saturday to show support for Illinois' pending gay marriage legislation.
With Illinois on the verge of legalizing gay marriage, a coalition of LGBT rights groups are calling on advocates and allies supporting full marriage equality to rally this Saturday outside the Thompson Center, 100 W. Ra
State Rep. Deb Mell (D-Chicago) is staying in the Illinois House despite a Chicago Sun-Times report to the contrary.
An emotional day for activists, politicians and community members fighting for marriage equality was capped Thursday with an 8-5 vote to move the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act to vote on the Senate floor. B
State Rep. Deb Mell (D-Chicago) may become Chicago's first openly lesbian alderman, following reports that her father - 33rd Ward Ald. Richard Mell - is preparing to step down in the next few months.
With limited time remaining in the lame duck session, proponents of gay marriage Thursday night announced they will act on the issue in the new General Assembly that convenes next week, on Jan. 9.
President Barack Obama on Saturday endorsed an effort to make his home state of Illinois the tenth state to legalize gay marriage.
Illinois State Senator Heather Steans has said supporters of a gay marriage bill are "close" to lining up needed votes to pass the measure in the upcoming lame duck session.
Retiring Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank wishes he could have come out gay before 1987.
The election of Wisconsin Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin has been named a top Democratic moment of 2012 by MSNBC.
Frank Schubert, political director for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has called Newt Gingrich's recent shift on gay marriage "stupid."
President Barack Obama "evolving" from supporting civil unions to marriage for gay and lesbian couples has been named a top Democratic moment of 2012 by MSNBC.
Momentum for marriage equality in Illinois continues to grow as more than 200 Illinois clergy and faith leaders have endorsed same-sex marriage legislation that could come up for a vote in Springfield before Jan. 9.
Minnesota state Senator John Marty and Rep. Alice Hausman plan to introduce a gay marriage bill on the first day the Legislature convenes: Tuesday, January 8.
Newt Gingrich has conceded that momentum is on the side of supporters of gay marriage.
In the wake of the announcement by key legislators that they will seek passage of an Illinois marriage equality bill in January 2013, a broad range of organizations have joined to form a new coalition, called Illinois Un
Same-sex couples in Illinois are likely as close as they've ever been to having the right to marry.
