With the recent stunning success in the US elections of initiatives to extend marriage and to elect openly LGBT representatives, there has been extensive speculation around which states will be next to follow the lead. Some possibilities include Rhode Island, Delaware,…
Tag Archive for Illinois
In Valentine’s Week, Marriage Equality Advances: Update
If anyone still has any doubts that marriage equality is on the move in the US, just consider how many advances there have been in just the past few days, in this week of St Valentine: In Washington state, on…
Illinois judge rules against Catholics on foster care Illinois can sever ties to Catholic charities that provide foster and adoption services for the state if the groups discriminate against unmarried and gay couples when placing children, a judge ruled on…
Rockford Catholic Diocese Abandons “Best Interests of the Child” for Religious Ideology
Rockford Diocese is to shut down its adoption services, rather than comply with state law on equal treatment for prospective same – sex couples. The National Catholic Register has a headline suggesting that the withdrawal of public funding for these…
Illinois Civil Unions – Welcomed by Some Religious Leaders
As expected, the Illinois legislation approving civil unions for same sex couples easily passed in the State Senate. The bill now goes to the governor, who has promised to sign. This should take effect from June 1. What impressed me…
Illinois Joins the “Arc of History”: House Approves Civil Unions.
The Catholic Church and NOM in Illinois have failed in their attempt to derail the state’s move towards marriage equality. Yesterday, the House narrowly approved legislation that should see civil unions introduced for same sex couples from early next year. The…
