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In 1996, because Hawaii seemed poised to legalize same-sex marriage, [5] the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act was amended to prohibit marriage between two individuals of the same sex, [6] and state that "marriage between 2 individuals of the same sex is contrary to the public policy of this State". [7] This was repealed in 2014.
[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]
section 451.022. Public policy, same sex marriages prohibited—license may not be issued. 1. It is the public policy of this state to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman. 2. Any purported marriage not between a man and a woman is invalid. 3. No recorder shall issue a marriage license, except to a man and a woman. 4.
On June 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell that state laws banning same-sex marriage violate the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, rendering such laws unconstitutional and invalidating the remaining 14 same-sex marriage bans still being fully or partially enforced. [85]
In 1827, Illinois became the first state to criminalize the act of fellatio, ruling it as an act of sodomy. [1] [page needed] In the same year, a law was passed that prohibited people convicted of sodomy from voting or serving on a jury; this was the first American state to restrict civil rights of people convicted of sodomy.
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In 1909, Aoki and Helen Emery, an interracial couple were denied a marriage license in California due to laws prohibiting marriage between Japanese and Caucasian individuals. [30] They then traveled to Portland, Oregon, hoping to obtain a marriage license there but were again denied based on similar racial restrictions. [30]
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