A same-sex marriage bill may be voted on in the Illinois Senate as early as Valentine’s Day, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Sen. Heather Seans, D-Chicago, sponsored the bill in last month’s lame duck session, but it took until Tuesday for it to advance past committee action in a 9-5 vote, according to the report.
The bill will now go to floor process where the entire Senate will consider its passage. Should it make it through the Senate readings, it will go before the House, where the process will be repeated. If it passes the House—a big "if," according to the Tribune—it then goes up for consideration by Governor Pat Quinn.
Quinn recently told the Tribune he completely supports same-sex marriage.
For more, read the Chicago Tribune report.
Fair warning seniors Snow Bird it...... Because they are setting you up to fit the bill for everything you stand against.... Its either you or the pensions
9:24 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013 Genevieve, we do not need to move simply because a few bigots live in this neighborhood. Unfortunately, we will find this everywhere. I pray to my God who loves EVERYONE, not just a small self-righteous population, that one day soon there will be equality and no question of whether a group deserves equal treatment. God IS love, and therefore everyone should be permitted to love who they love. And marry for love If you are straight, who is the "we" you are talking about???
I do want to add though that being Christian and believing in a all powerful spacedaddy is not "normal". It is YOU who are trying to push your beliefs on everyone else. Are you being asked to marry someone of the same sex? These people are asking for equal treatment from the government...and they are correct. Is your outrage because you have not learned that santa and jesus are actually the same thing and still follow a very flawed ancient book?
What is normal? Normal is defined as the usual, average, or typical state or condition. So does that make homosexual behavior "normal"? I would have to say no. Since it is estimated that only about 3.5% of people are gay, that means that almost 97% are not gay. That would make homosexuality "abnormal" or not the usual or average behavior. Sorry if this is not what you believe, but just because you don't have the room to list all the animals in nature who have homosexuality in their species, the majority of the animals in nature don't have homosexuality in their behavior, thus making homosexuality an abnormal behavior.
Reality, I won't apologize for it. These rantings of hate and intolerance are indeed SICK and I am ashamed that these people filled with hate or my neighbors and I am sad for what they are teaching their children.
Any conservation with any TPARTYER or listener to FOX talks like this, have any of u seen what they do and say about POTUS, women issues, labor or health care for all? But they give a pass to their icon Christian Charlatans ( Haggard) and the Cheney EXTENDED FAMILY whose Lesbian marriage was not really an immaculate conception it was consummated by a male jornalist whose night job was a male hooker. While u think this is hate my friend it is really a turn around of their bombast, they are are not anti gay but anti anyone who is not a supporter of AIPAC, THE LOG CABIN my uninformed friends are GOP GAY CONGRESSMEN in and out of the closet! Shocking how dense u are ? Now does make u barf up or feel warm after all the bombast and noise from RANT clear Chan Bain Radio and FOX! The can't we be friends and bipartisan bs is what I detect as real intolerance and beyond pathetic so get used to it, if they did not say it I would not make these totally incoherent words of wisdom they only say and do what they are guilty of and u and most Liberals and Dem's have not figured it out and besides u have not been around long enough to read incoherent.
the TH reference is about a guy who was a Minster and confesses to having a homosexual relationship with during cocaine rendezvous....lol unlike Butch i realize most of this stuff is already done Its to late to stop ......You will drive yourself crazy fighting ever issue ..Pick the one you hold most sacred .... ps Butch is not alone
It's good u all can bring attention to the injustices of health care and the estate Tax. ,Every day more Americans- Murkans are feeling like they are Red Haired GAY step child's with nothing much to leave their loved one's after 8 years of Bush and 12 of Reagan Bush but that's not on your plate GAYS are now the center of some universe. We soon will be forced to return to reality as more returning Vet's with no job nor in some cases no home or a room. This is what the grateful nation of gay and straight flag wavers and especially the NEO CON queen planners in DOD, WHICH WAS THE ULTIMATE INJUSTICE. The LOOTING of IRAQ was a gift to KBR and Wall street faggot Banksters by the largely NEO CON QUEENS in hi positions in DOD, so the bottom line is frankly DEARIE i don't give a damn about an apology! @ Anthony Susan or first? I am not posting or writing on anything but the facts and hypocrisy of the wingnuts nor am i into skull and bones etc initiations just the facts! It's hard enough to get them to comprehend basic myths from historical events of just a generation ago!