Did NBC's Brian Williams ambush the Emanuel brothers?

Mar. 25, 2013
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IL House committee OKs gay marriage

Feb. 27, 2013
An Illinois House committee narrowly endorsed legislation to legalize gay marriage Tuesday, setting up a showdown on the House floor that could come in a matter of weeks.

IL Senate votes to legalize gay marriage

Feb. 14, 2013
The Senate vote to legalize gay marriage advances a proposal that would make the state the 10th in the U.S. to let gay couples wed.

Illinois lawmakers call same-sex marriage for a vote once again

Feb. 4, 2013
Illinois lawmakers are expected to take up same-sex marriage again this week. A state senate committee is scheduled to take up the issue Tuesday.

Clergy group wants ban on gay marriage

Jan. 29, 2013
Group says voters should be allowed to decide.

Barack Obama's same sex d-evolution

Jun. 30, 2011
Barack Obama is now the last living Democrat whom anyone ever believed was progressive who’s not on board for same sex marriage.Except, of course, that he used to be.Back when he lived here in Chicago and went to dinner with his gay pals and celebrated their anniversaries and such.Back around 1996,

A critique of same-sex marriage from within the gay community

Jun. 1, 2011
While civil unions are good news for some in the community, others are skeptical. Yasmin Nair is a co-founder of Against Equality, an online publishing and arts collective that critiques mainstream gay and lesbian politics.

Obama administration challenges the Defense of Marriage Act

Feb. 28, 2011
Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department would no longer defend cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act. DOMA is the federal law instated during the Clinton presidency saying marriage is confined to the union of a man and a woman.