The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Obama's Illinois Gay Marriage Push: President Urges State Lawmakers To Approve Marriage Equality

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Obama's Illinois Gay Marriage Push: President Urges State Lawmakers To Approve Marriage Equality Dec 30th 2012, 16:01 Ahead of a vote that could come early next month, President Barack Obama is pushing for lawmakers in his home state of Illinois to legalize gay marriage. White House spokesman Shin Inouye told the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet Sunday that the president "believes in treating everyone fairly and equally, with dignity and respect" and that, were he still a member of the Illinois state legislature, "he would support this measure that would treat all Illinois couples equally." A bill to bring marriage equality to the Prairie State, setting the stage for Illinois to potentially become the tenth state to approve same-sex marriage, will be introduced in early January during the upcoming legislative lame-duck session. The bill has won the support of Governor Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and, per a recent poll, the a majority of Illinoisans. Read More... More on Gay Marriage

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