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Illinois bill would allow civil unions of gay couples
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Contributor | Guy |
Last Edited | Guy Mar 21, 2007 10:18pm |
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Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
News Date | Thursday, March 22, 2007 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gay Illinois couples would be allowed to enter civil unions with the same legal rights as marriage under legislation approved Wednesday by an Illinois House committee.
If the measure becomes law, Illinois would become only the fifth state to offer civil unions, which would give couples rights to estate benefits, child custody or adoption, property ownership and others now enjoyed by married couples. Massachusetts is the only state that allows gay marriage. |
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