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IL: Rahm Emanuel Presides Over Wedding of Gay Advisor

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Before heading to Millennium Park to celebrate the civil unions of 30 gay and lesbian couples, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel officiated over the civil union of one of his top staffers, the Chicago Tribune reported.

On Wednesday, the first day Illinois’ civil unions law took effect, David Spielfogel, Emanuel’s chief of policy and strategic planning, tweeted to his 370 followers: “civil union license in hand!”

Emanuel noted his officiating duties while speaking at Millennium Park before the civil union ceremonies got underway.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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IL: Counter Protest Planned at Anti Gay Rally in Chicago

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

A number of gay rights advocacy groups plan a counter-protest on Friday against an anti-gay rally to overturn Illinois civil unions and defend “traditional” marriage.

The rally organized by a number of anti-gay groups, including Americans for Life, to “protect marriage” is planned on the eve of a historic day in Illinois.

Next Wednesday Illinois will for the first time recognize civil unions, giving same-sex couples many of the same rights, benefits, and privileges as married couples.

Full Story from ChicagoPride.com

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IL: Chicago Suburb Plans Big Civil Unions Event

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Chicago Civil Unions EventPlans are under way for a celebration of multiple civil unions in Bolingbrook, a southwest suburb of Chicago, when the Illinois civil unions law becomes effective at the beginning of June.

A wedding planner is offering “Dream Gay Weddings” at the upscale Bolingbrook Golf Club (pictured), with six officiants available to perform ceremonies, and the local office of the DuPage County Clerk is seeking to extend its hours to meet the expected demand for civil union licenses when they become available June 1, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Wedding planner Cheryl Hooten said Bolingbrook officials contacted her about organizing a special civil unions event, and she hopes to attract as many as 60 couples.

Full Story from The Advocate

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IL: Group Plans Mass Civil Unions Ceremony in Chicago June 3rd

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Unite With PrideChicagoans will celebrate the arrival of civil unions in Illinois and the start of Gay Pride Month in a big way — with a huge civil union ceremony June 3.

Unite With Pride: A Community Celebration, which will benefit the LGBT group Civil Rights Agenda and its Families United Project, will allow couples to be united in an outdoor ceremony on a plaza at the Chicago History Museum, followed by a cocktail reception inside the museum.

Participants will also have access to the “Out in Chicago” LGBT history exhibit, which opens in May at the museum.

Full Story from The Advocate

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IL: Gay Activists Arrested at Chicago Marriage Equality Protest

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Chicago Marriage Equality RallySix LGBT activists were arrested Monday afternoon in Chicago after refusing to leave a city marriage bureau after a same-sex couple was denied a marriage license.

Judy Heithmar and Danelle Wylder sought the license at the marriage bureau in the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago. They were arrested along with Cassandra Avenatti, Lindsey Dietzler, Corrine Mina, and Noa Francis Shayden, said Andrea Crain, a spokeswoman for their group.

The people arrested are affiliated with Join the Impact Chicago and Video Action League, which were responding to a call by Marriage Equality USA and GetEqual for coordinated actions across the country on Valentine’s Day to raise awareness about the need for federal marriage equality. As of late afternoon, they were still being processed by police, but were likely to be charged with trespassing and released on bond, Crain told The Advocate in an e-mail.

Full Story from The Advocate

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IL: Chicago Cardinal Disses Gay Marriage Advocates

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

It should not be surprising that, when confronted about the Roman Catholic Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage, Cardinal Francis George chose to rely upon the usual dismissal of what it means to be lesbian or gay, and to rely upon the same excuses and beliefs which the Vatican has pushed for some time.

As Chuck Colbert reported:

George told student John Falcone his “argument was not with Mother Church but with Mother Nature,” adding that anyone who advocates same-sex marriage or its equivalent “has lost touch with the common understanding of the human race.”

“No one has the right to change marriage,” George went on to say, neither “the Church” nor “the state.”

Full Story from Lez Get Real

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Marriage Equality Events Today/Tomorrow: Tasmania, Palm Springs, Boston, Chicago

Friday, January 7th, 2011

Gay Marriage Events January 7th & 8th 2011Here’s our list of events today and tomorrow around the world relating to marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and other LGBT equality issues. If you know of any other events – rallies, meetings, phonebanking, etc – please use the link below to add your event to our list!

–Australia, TAS, Hobart: 01/08, LGBT Rights Protest Songs – Concert, Cygnet Folk Festival, 10 AM.
–USA, CA, Chico: 01/08, North Valley Community Dialogue, Butte County Behavioral Health, 10 AM-12 PM.
–USA, CA, Palm Springs: 01/08, Equality Happy Hour, Hamburger Mary’s, 4-7 PM.
–USA, IL, Chicago: 01/07, Equality IL First Friday Networking Social, TBD, TBD.
–USA, MA, Boston: 01/08, Phone Bank for Marriage Equality in RI, MassEquality Offices, 12-5 PM.

Full Events List/Add Your Own Event: http://www.purpleunions.com/mn/gay-marriage-events-list.html

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Gay Marriage Events Today/Tomorrow: Chicago; Rochester, NY

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

Gay Marriage Events December 12thHere’s our list of events today and tomorrow around the world relating to marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and other LGBT equality issues. If you know of any other events – rallies, meetings, phonebanking, etc – please use the link below to add your event to our list!

–USA, IL, Chicago: 02/12, Justice for All Equality IL Gala, Hilton.
–USA, NY, Rochester: 12/13, Marriage Equality/EROC Meet-Up, Equal Grounds Coffee Shop, 6:30-8 PM.

Full Events List/Add Your Own Event: http://www.purpleunions.com/mn/gay-marriage-events-list.html

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Gay Marriage Events Today/Tomorrow: Palm Springs, Chicago

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

December 11th - Gay Marriage WatchHere’s our list of events today and tomorrow around the world relating to marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and other LGBT equality issues. If you know of any other events – rallies, meetings, phonebanking, etc – please use the link below to add your event to our list!

–USA, CA, Palm Springs: 12/11, Equality Happy Hour, Hamburger Mary’s, 4-7 PM.
–USA, IL, Chicago: 02/12, Justice for All Equality IL Gala, Hilton.

Full Events List/Add Your Own Event: http://www.purpleunions.com/mn/gay-marriage-events-list.html

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IL: New Play Tackles Different Takes on Gay Marriage, Weddings

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Holly HughesPerformance artist Holly Hughes and her longtime partner want to marry each other but may need to hold competing ceremonies. Hughes, who has spent more than 20 years on the frontlines in America’s culture wars, wants to dress up, have “Mr. Showbiz” Murray Hill officiate, and make the event a bitingly funny political statement.

Her girlfriend, anthropologist Esther Newton, would prefer to wear slip-on shoes, and keep the nuptials serious and the whole affair private.

It’s just this kind of conflict that’s led Hughes to collaborate with Chicago-based director Megan Carney and WOW Cafe founder Maureen Angelos on a new performance piece called “Let Them Eat Cake,” an interactive “marriage gone wrong” in which the audience takes the role of wedding guests who are encouraged to salvage the situation through spirited debate.

Full Story from Gay City News

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