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[fabulous muscles]

The only apparent progress of equal rights in Illinois is a bill(HB1826) that would recognize same sex unions filed by Rep. Greg Harris earlier this year. Since then, this is the current timeline. 6/30/2007 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) July 31, 2007 7/31/2007 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) August 4, 2007 8/4/2007 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) August 10, 2007 8/10/2007 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) August 17, 2007 8/17/2007 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) August 24, 2007 8/24/2007 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) September 5, 2007 9/5/2007 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) October 5, 2007 There's no point in public initiative, as this case is being handled by jerks. But I am curious as to what the SOMB stance is on it.

[yancy]

Marriage. Full and equal rights in every way. Period.

[sKinnY]

i voted Gay

[biggie mcsmalls]

Sure.

[fffffffff]

i dont believe theres a particularly conservative faction on this board that would vote otherwise, actually.

[ryan]

Men marrying men?! Women marrying women?! Next thing ya know, we'll have hippos marrying pigeons and trying to take advantage of our fragile tax system!!!

[fabulous muscles]

There's a few.

[Jimmy TKB]

fuck it, I don't wanna be the only one getting divorced all the time, let them share in the agony, I say!

[fabulous muscles]

Yeah, I'm only in it for the marital "bliss."

[Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ]

compromise gays should only be allowed to marry lesbians

[dice]

is there a legal distinction between marriage and civil union? why not have everything that goes through a courthouse be called a civil union? if people want to say that they're "married", it's up to them and their church

[i-c]

This thread is teh ghey.

[Damo Suzuki]

I'm against it because it makes a mockery of all the healthy heterosexual marriages.

[Jimmy TKB]

all three of em?

[castaña]

Ban heterosexual marriage. Gays and heteros have equal rights, and the world is a better place.

[shampoosuicide]

You didn't actually ask a question, but i'll vote Yay.

[velocity]

is there a legal distinction between marriage and civil union? why not have everything that goes through a courthouse be called a civil union? if people want to say that they're "married", it's up to them and their church

Yeah, because if a civil union grants all the entitlements that a marriage would, who cares what it's called? I don't think we have civil unions in CA. We do have 'domestic partnerships' but those only pertain to gays of any age or heteros if one of the partners is >65. Which is discriminatory.

[n-infusino]

I don't think there should be a law for gay marriage, but simply no laws against gay marriage. Marriage in the non-civil union sense is a religious matter, as far as i understand it. This would include preventing individual states from passing anti-gay marriage laws, although this treads into weird constitutional territory...freedom of religion VS states rights.

[bleach]

so 3 people voted nay. one is obviously bhickmen, who else?

[bleach]

Yeah, because if a civil union grants all the entitlements that a marriage would, who cares what it's called?

it may not matter what it's called unless of course it is called marriage because then the feds would have to ante up some rights, not just the states.

edit: and now that i think about it, that's not even correct. (mass.) nh does call it marriage but the feds still don't recognize it because the marriage is between the same sex.