Illinois: Same-Sex Marriage Is Legalized

November 20, 2013

Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Wednesday allowing same-sex weddings starting June 1, making Illinois the 16th state to legalize gay marriage. The law was fought hard by some of the state’s well-known religious figures, including Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Rev. James Meeks, a former state senator who runs a politically influential megachurch in Chicago.