Maine voters narrowly decided to repeal a new law allowing same-sex marriage. With almost all precincts reporting, 53 percent voted to overturn the law and 47 percent voted to keep it. The bill was signed into law in May, but same-sex marriage opponents gathered more than the 55,000 signatures necessary to call for a public…
No. As of this writing, Illinois law does not allow two people of the same sex to marry. Even if that same-sex couple travels to and marries in a state or country that allows same-sex marriage, their marriage will not be legally recognized in Illinois. Although the state of Illinois prohibits same-sex marriage, other governmental…
A bill to legalize marriage between two adults of the same sex was introduced Thursday in the Illinois Senate by State Senator Heather Steans. This marks the first time such a bill has been up for consideration in the Senate. SB2468, known as the Equal Marriage Act, would provide for state recognition of same-sex marriage,…