(Illinois) gay marriage ban unlawful, (Cook Co. State's Attorney) Alvarez says

Source: Chicago Tribune

The fight for same-sex marriage rights in Illinois took an unprecedented turn Thursday as Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez conceded that the state's ban on gay marriage violates the Illinois Constitution, essentially agreeing with a pair of lawsuits her office was expected to oppose.

It marks the first time a state has refused to contest a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of a gay marriage ban.

"I've never encountered this before," said Camilla Taylor, an attorney with the gay rights group Lambda Legal, which filed one of the lawsuits last month. "We've really reached the tipping point, and now the government of Illinois refuses to defend the law because it's indefensible."

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/ijustworkhere/ct-met-gay-marriage-lawsuit-20120615,0,2797203,full.column

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(Illinois) gay marriage ban unlawful, (Cook Co. State's Attorney) Alvarez says (Original post)	Newsjock	Jun 2012	OP
Shades of Loving.	boppers	Jun 2012	#1
It's good Anita Alvarez did one thing right. It's such a weird situation in Illinois:	mucifer	Jun 2012	#2
Tipping Points!	longship	Jun 2012	#3
Spam deleted by Violet_Crumble (MIR Team)	Marvin33	Jun 2012	#4

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:04 AM

boppers (16,588 posts)

1. Shades of Loving.

We just need a Supreme Court slam dunk, now.

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:08 AM

mucifer (8,505 posts)

2. It's good Anita Alvarez did one thing right. It's such a weird situation in Illinois:

The Cook County Clerk, David Orr (Chicago is in Cook County btw) wants to marry LGBT people. But, the law says he can't. He is being sued. He is glad he is being sued and he asked Anita Alvarez the states attorney to NOT defend him so that he CAN marry people.

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:35 AM

longship (17,711 posts)

3. Tipping Points!

Every one of these cases pushes our country towards the inevitable tipping point. It will happen within the year, I think. Marriage equality will be the law of the land.

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 02:41 AM

Marvin33 (10 posts)

4. Spam deleted by Violet_Crumble (MIR Team)

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