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Chicago Mayor Will Push for Marriage Equality

Chicago Mayor Will Push for Marriage Equality

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Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel says he'll lobby for the marriage equality bill pending in the Illinois state legislature, the Chicago Tribunereports.

"I'll push for it because it is consistent with the values base, and the practical values base, that I think is right as a city, as a state and as a country," Emanuel told the Tribune today. "If you have two loving adults, that should actually be held up as a positive, whether it's male or female, but in this case female-female, male-male. I think that's proper, and we shouldn't as a state discriminate."

Emanuel, a former congressman and onetime chief of staff to President Obama, supported marriage equality during his campaign for mayor in 2011. Illinois began offering civil unions to same-sex couples last year, and Emanuel has officiated at civil union ceremonies for several couples, including one of his key aides and his partner. He also has joined the national Mayors for the Freedom to Marry campaign.

The legislature's three openly gay members introduced the marriage equality measure last week. Gov. Pat Quinn, who supported and signed the civil unions bill, said Tuesday that he has not decided whether to sign the marriage bill if it passes.

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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.