The lawsuit, representing 25 gay and lesbian couples from across Illinois, will be announced during simultaneous press conferences in Springfield and Chicago scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 30.
It’s happening. Get all the info. here.
Here is more information about the press conference that took place today in Springfield:
Since the implementation of civil unions last year gay and lesbian couples have ‘encountered discrimination in every arena — in schools, in workplaces, in businesses and in their everyday interactions with government,’ [Lambda Legal’s] Camilla Taylor said.
More here.
UPDATE
And guess what. Our own Brandon and Kevin Bowersox-Johnson (among others) are plaintiffs in the case.
Urbana City Council member Brandon Bowersox-Johnson and his partner, Kevin Bowersox-Johnson, are among three Champaign-Urbana couples hoping their participation in lawsuits filed Wednesday will lead to legalized same-sex marriage in the state of Illinois.
More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples in Illinois were named as plaintiffs who argue that it’s unconstitutional for the state to deny them the right to marry.
From The News-Gazette.