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3 January 2013
Illinois Democrats delay vote on making same-sex marriage legal 3 Democrats in the state of Illinois have delayed a vote that was planned for today to make same-sex marriage legal.
3 January 2013
Republican Chairman: It is time for people to support marriage equality 12 A Republican Party chairman has urged lawmakers to get behind a proposal to legalise marriage equality in Illinois.
31 December 2012
Archbishop of Chicago: Same-sex marriage ‘violates natural law’ 59 The Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, has warned against introducing marriage equality in the state of Illinois because he claims gay couples cannot consummate their unions.
30 December 2012
Obama calls on home-state of Illinois to make same-sex marriage legal 11 A spokesman for Barack Obama says that the president has encouraged politicians in his home state to change the law to make marriage equal.
13 December 2012
Illinois: Politicians hope to pass same-sex marriage law in early January 12 An Illinois state representative and a state senator have said they will seek legislative approval of same-sex marriage in the state in three weeks.
23 July 2012
Illinois: Republican representatives want to defend gay marriage ban 3 Two Republican representatives in Illinois, US, have introduced a joint resolution in support of the state's ban on equal marriage.
3 July 2012
Illinois county clerks’ bid to defend gay marriage ban 9 Two Illinois county clerks have been granted permission to defend the state's equal marriage ban.
21 June 2012
Illinois: State refuses to defend ban on equal marriage 6 Twenty-five gay couples in Illinois who filed a lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which outlaws a string of federal benefits for same-sex partners, were told today that the state would no longer defend it.
30 May 2012
Illinois citizens to sue for equal marriage rights 9 Illinois residents are to file lawsuits against the state, arguing that the ban on marriages for gay couples is unconstitutional.
2 June 2011
Rhode Island senate to consider gay civil unions bill 7 A Rhode Island Senate panel are today considering a bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples to be joined in civil unions.
1 June 2011
Gay couples in Chicago queue up for civil union licences 9 In Chicago, gay and straight couples are flocking to the Cook County Clerk's downtown office of records to acquire the state's first civil union licenses.
17 May 2011
Illinois trans woman sues employer over toilet ban 3 A trans woman from the US state of Illinois is suing her employers for barring her from using the women's toilet.
17 January 2011
Chicago ministers say Martin Luther King would not have supported gay rights 33 A group of Chicago ministers are holding a press conference today to claim that civil rights leader Martin Luther King would not have supported gay rights.
2 December 2010
Illinois senate approves civil unions 7 The Illinois senate has given a green light to civil marriage legislation by 32-24 votes.
12 November 2010
Illinois university official ‘fired’ for announcing lesbian wedding 6 A lesbian official at a Catholic university in Illinois claims she was fired after announcing her wedding in a local newspaper.
26 August 2010
Conservative US chat-show host angers anti-gay group by supporting same-sex marriage 16 A conservative TV chat-show host has angered an Illinois-based gay group for coming out in support of gay marriage.

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