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Civil Unions could pass in Illinois as early as next week
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Illinois House Bill 2234 - Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act is set to go before the full state House and Senate next week for a vote and get passed!
This bill has been making it's way through the system for a few months now. The House Youth and Family Committee who sponsored the bill and is chaired by openly gay Representative Greg Harris, plans on attaching an amendment legalizing civil unions to a "shell bill" that's already been approved by the Senate.
The legislative session ends on May 30th (next Saturday) and the plan is to attach Civil Unions to a bill that deals with death and estate issues and may be a way to get it passed quickly. If the full House votes in favor of passing the bill, it would be sent to the Senate within hours for a vote - instead of languishing for days - or even die if it doesn't make it within this session.
Rick Garcia, the political director for Equality Illinois said: "We get it out of the House and then senators only have a few hours of being beat up by our opponents rather than three days or a long weekend," he said. "Since there is a perfectly legitimate way of doing it in one day, that's what we're going to do."
Civil Unions in Illinois are within our reach.
CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE and tell them to vote YES on HB2234 and that you support Civil Unions!
- Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago, 217-782-3835
- Rep. LaShawn K. Ford (D-Chicago), 217-782-5962
- Rep. Mike Fortner (R-West Chicago),217-782-1653
- Rep. William D. Burns (D-Chicago), 217-782-2023
- Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe (R-Chicago), 217-782-8182
- Rep. Al Riley (D-Matteson), 217-558-1007
- Rep. Dave Winters (R-Rockford), 217-782-0455
For more info: Visit Join the Impact - Chicago and the Gay Liberation Network to find out how you can help support LGBT rights in Illinois.
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