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11 State Lawmakers Step Up in Support of Natural Marriage
This week, a bipartisan group of 11 members of the Illinois General Assembly filed an amicus curiae brief defending the constitutionality of Illinois law defining marriage as the union of a husband and a wife. Led by Senator Kirk Dillard (R-Westmont) and Senator Bill Haine (D-Alton), the legislators’ brief supports a motion to dismiss the ACLU and Lambda Legal lawsuits filed by Thomas More Society attorneys, on behalf of downstate county clerks who were allowed into the case to defend the law.
“We welcome the bipartisan support for Illinois’ marriage law offered by this respected group of legislators,” said Peter …
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Tagged ACLU, Bill Brady, Bill Haine, Catholic Conference of Illinois, Darrin LaHood, David Reis, Joseph Lyons, Kirk Dillard, Lambda Legal, Matt Murphy, Michael Connelly, Patti Bellock, Paul Evans, Peter Breen, Richard Morthland, Robert V. Boharic, Thomas More Society
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