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Rex Huppke and Jen Weigel discuss a gay marriage lawsuit filed in Illinois. (May 30, 2012) |
On Wednesday morning, the gay rights group Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois each filed a lawsuit against Cook County Clerk David Orr, saying the state’s ban on issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples violates the Illinois Constitution.
This marks a new front in the battle over gay marriage in Illinois, which up to this point has been waged legislatively in the statehouse in Springfield.
[ED's note: That was the subject of Rex's story Wednesday in the Chicago Tribune, which you can find here along with more than 300 comments.]
As the story ran, I sat down with the Tribune’s Jen Weigel and answered a few questions about this new development in the gay and lesbian civil rights movement.
-- Rex Huppke
This marks a new front in the battle over gay marriage in Illinois, which up to this point has been waged legislatively in the statehouse in Springfield.
[ED's note: That was the subject of Rex's story Wednesday in the Chicago Tribune, which you can find here along with more than 300 comments.]
As the story ran, I sat down with the Tribune’s Jen Weigel and answered a few questions about this new development in the gay and lesbian civil rights movement.
-- Rex Huppke
