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As Vote Looms, Obama Gives Boost to Ill. Marriage Equality Bill

As Vote Looms, Obama Gives Boost to Ill. Marriage Equality Bill

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'It's something that I deeply support,' the president said of the measure.

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With a vote on marriage equality in Illinois expected by week's end, President Obama gave a boost to the effort during a visit to his adopted home state.

"Here in Illinois, we've got a vote on same-sex marriage that's going to be coming up in the legislature," Obama told the crowd at a fund-raiser for congressional Democrats last night in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. " I just want to say for the record it's something that I deeply support."

An Illinois House vote on the marriage bill will likely take place today or early tomorrow, according to Windy City Times. The state Senate has already passed it, and Gov. Pat Quinn says he will sign it. The legislative session ends tomorrow, meaning the bill must go through by then or wait for the next session. Pro-LGBT activists have begun gathering in the state capitol in Springfield in anticipation of the vote; opponents do not appear to have a presence, Windy City Times notes.


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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.