civil unions
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Illinois Senate gets first marriage equality bill
Same-sex marriage for the first time has come to the Illinois state senate. State Sen. Heather Steans on Thursday filed the Equal Marriage Act, a bill that, if passed, would allow same-sex couples to marry in Illinois and guarantee them the state rights afforded to all married couples, including...
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Gay Marriage: The Hidden Opponents
Photo credit: Gabriel Bouys/AFP I'm totally not worried about equal partner rights for gay and lesbian couples. I used to worry about it a lot, like back in 2004 when Ohio passed one of those absurd "ban all forms of gay unions" laws. Now, however, just five years later,...
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Wednesgay News: Prop 8 stands but IL advances Civil Unions
photo by Jay Shaff, via www.chicagopride.comHundreds of people turned up at the Center on Halsted in Boystown, despite dreary conditions -- both the rain and the recent California Supreme Court decision to uphold the gay marriage ban instituted in November. From Chicago Pride: After a short rally that included speakers...
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Wednesgay News: Spring Idol-atry issue
via: that blog American Idol judge Simon Cowell told Oprah Winfrey on Monday's that he's betting on Adam Lambert to win the competition because, among other things, "he's got swagger."Lambert's sexuality is generating quite a bit of news buzz lately. "Some people are saying, wouldn't it be amazing that in...
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