US: Military veterans push for equal marriage in Illinois
Military veterans in the US state of Illinois have joined up with efforts to legalise equal marriage in the state.
A group named Veterans United for Marriage, is pushing the Illinois House to allow equal marriage in the legislative session which begins later in October.
The Illinois Senate passed a bill to remove the ban in February, but the bill’s sponsor in the House did not call it for a vote, as he said it did not have enough votes to pass.
In August, opponents of equal marriage in the US state of Illinois celebrated the fact that the bill to legalise same-sex unions never went to a vote.
Judge Sophia Hall partially denied a defence motion to dismiss the lawsuit, saying that it could go ahead on two of the five counts filed.
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