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Following Governor Quinn's signature of the 2013 law that legalized same-sex marriage in Illinois, civil unions remain in effect and available for both opposite-sex and same-sex couples. Couples who wanted to convert their civil union to a marriage could do so, with or without performing a new ceremony, for up to one year from the date that the ...
[2] [3] Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1962, after Illinois became the first U.S. state to repeal its sodomy laws. Same-sex marriage was banned by statute in 1996, but has since been legalized after a law allowing such marriages was signed by Governor Pat Quinn on November 20, 2013 and went into effect on June 1, 2014. [4]
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025, [update] marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 37 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
The marriage relationship; Chapter 2. The marriage relationship - Section 2.001. Marriage license. (a) A man and a woman desiring to enter into a ceremonial marriage must obtain a marriage license from the county clerk of any county of this state. (b) A license may not be issued for the marriage of persons of the same sex. Chapter 6.
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In 1996, Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage in Federal law as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife". Congressional record, a House Report (H.R. 104–664 at 33, 104th Congress, 2nd Session, 1996), states that procreation is key to the requirement of a valid marriage being a union and of ...
(The Center Square) – New Illinois laws that go into effect Jan. 1 will place more restrictions on electronic cigarettes. One law prohibits the advertising, marketing or promoting of an ...
In 1996, the United States Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 104–199, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Section 3 of DOMA defines "marriage" and "spouse" for purposes of both federal law and any ruling, regulation, or interpretation by an administrative bureau or agency of the United States government. [1]