Chicago, Chicago, It’s A Hell of A Town!
November 30, 2005: I wrote a few days ago that New Hamphire was on my you-know-what list (I have to watch my language now that I’m a dad, you know) for their support of a ban on equal marriage. That’s why I’m so happy to report that there are still states in the country where the people are not hateful. This if from 365gay.com:
(Chicago, Illinois) A conservative Illinois group trying to collect enough signatures to have a gay marriage ban put to voters is finding little interest in the issue.
The Illinois Family Institute must collect about 280,000 signatures by April 20th. At the halfway point in their campaign they have collected fewer than 50,000.
Even if they were to get the necessary signatures, got the issue on the ballot and approved by voters, it would be non binding under the Illinois constitution. It would only call on the legislature to enact an amendment and then submit that version to voters.
Earlier this month the legislature rejected an attempt to pass an amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
A spokesperson for Equality Illinois said it right: “This has nothing to do with marriage in Illinois. They just want to build a mailing list of far right supporters to fundraise for the organization.”