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I might have to do a write in vote. I didn't even do that for the election (because come-on, how would Obama lose in IL?)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/...-as-an-amendment-likely-vote-today/41030.html all these states pushing for gay marriage all so soon together is really greatIllinois Senators may be voting on marriage equality as early as this morning, after backers of bill changed course and tacked marriage equality onto another bill already scheduled for vote.
Illinois Senators will no longer be voting on the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, a bill that LGBT leaders had been working for months to gain support on. Instead, the legalization of gay marriage had been added as a Senate amendment to HB4963, a bill that deals with automobile rentals and the Collateral Recovery Act, according to Equality Illinois CEO Bernard Cherkasov.
The move comes after Senate Democrats failed to secure enough votes to waive a 24-hour rule on the posting of the bill Wednesday night. That could have delayed a vote on marriage a day or more.
The amendment will allow the Senate to vote on the bill as early as 11 a.m. this morning.
"Everything can change at a moment's notice," said Cherkasov. "It's still absolutely crucial that people contact their lawmakers."
Rick Garcia, policy advisor of The Civil Rights Agenda, expressed similar sentiments.
"It's a technical way for us to get the bill moving," said Garcia. "It's imperative that they contact their Senator today."
Senator Heather Steans, sponsor of the marriage bill, filed an amendment to HB4963 Wednesday. Steans is also sponsoring that bill.
The move means that LGBT families who had trekked to Springfield will not be testifying on the marriage equality as anticipated. Other testimony will likewise go unheard.
Check back throughout the day for updates.
lol.
I mean, equality is great and all, but laughing at people as their magical world erodes is the best.
LTTP: 21st century
so referendums during midterm?
that's not good
I have family on Rhode Island. Time to move there!
Welp, looks like the stupidity in my newsfeed is about to ramp up with people opposed to this.
Ilinois GAF here.
Will it play there?
Same. We'll see what tonight holds.Central Illinois GAF here.
Isn't Illinois basically the South outside of the major cities??
It probably wont get passed in illinois, we are way behind the times
fyi, Rhode Island (and Providence Plantations) is most definitely not an island
Probably the next presidential election would be the most feasible time that you could pass it at the ballot box in Ohio. Same with other likely blue states like Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia.
Oregon will probably legalize it in 2014.
This is why I love living in Texas, I get to watch history happen from the back row with a pole in my way.
That's my thought as well. However, John Kasich is going to find himself in an incredibly tough gubernatorial election in '14 thanks to the Senate Bill 5 debacle. If the unions turn out to support a Democratic challenger as expected, and you can get the unions to support a SSM initiative, it might work. But '16 seems like a much safer bet.
Hopefully the Democratic presidential candidate in '16 will be able to replicate Obama's ground game in Ohio and tie a SSM initiative to it, backed by the Ohio Democratic Party.
Chicago is, but see Illinois people in general are kinda odd(this may not be an actual Il. thing but its the only place I really see it at), I know people personally that dislike gay people yet will vote for gay marriage.
Maybe it just matters the culture, there are even some conservatives here that are for gay marriage, they just aren't for other things like welfare or giving black people jobs.
Illinois vote pushed because too many members were missing from the floor today who were supporters of marriage equality.
Actually, the Rhode Island of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations IS an island. That area is known as Newport County.
I'm trying to picture this.Not really. I'm as much for marriage equality as the next guy, but there are comparably few countries that have it legalized. And honestly? The United States has been ahead of the curb in most respects, especially considering how conservative we are compared to other western nations.
I'm trying to picture this.
The fuck?
It's an idiom?
Even if it has to get pushed until the next session, Dems have a supermajority in the House and Senate. It'll pass, easily.
I think its ahead of the curve
I'm probably wrong though
No, that's Newport as you said. Rhode Island (and the Providence Plantations) is a state, and it isn't an island despite being named after an old island (now Newport). There is no longer any island called Rhode Island. I pointed it out because the poster said he knew people on Rhode Island.
So it just passed?
It's unclear when a full Senate vote would take place. The Senate will have to be called back for a special session on Jan. 8 if they are take up marriage equality before Jan. 9, the close of the lame duck session.
Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, dismissed a question on whether she ever had a solid 30 votes lined up to pass the legislation. "Oh, no, no, no," Steans said. "We really did have the votes. We were just missing members today."
Such are the political dynamics of a lame-duck session in Springfield: some lawmakers who are in their final days of service don't show up to work, making it difficult to pass tough legislation.
RI Gaf here and while you're right, no Rhode Islander calls Newport "Rhode Island." In fact most locals probably wouldn't know what you're talking about if you did.Newport County(Aquidneck Island to be specific), was the Rhode Island of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Obviously there is no longer an island simply called Rhode Island in the state, but the biggest island of Newport County was that Rhode Island once. Just like the northern part of the state was mainly plantation for a while or unsettled swamps once. So while the poster is not entirely accurate, he is not entirely wrong either.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gay marriage legislation has been introduced in both chambers of Rhode Island’s General Assembly, setting the state for another high-profile debate over the contentious issue in the only New England state that doesn’t allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.
Democratic Rep. Art Handy of Cranston introduced his bill in the House Thursday afternoon. More than 40 members of the 75-member House signed on as co-sponsors.
Moments later, Democratic Sen. Donna Nesselbush of Pawtucket introduced her version of the legislation, which has 11 sponsors in the 38-member Senate.
House Speaker Gordon Fox has called for a gay marriage vote in the House this month. The measure faces a potentially bigger challenge in the Senate, however.
Nesselbush, who is a lesbian, called the introduction of the legislation ‘‘history in the making.’’
On the subject of the Islands of Rhode Island...
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode-island/2013/01/03/gay-marriage-bills-introduced-house-senate/ASzBkwgzXrRcOguFnlbDAJ/story.html
There are 32 Democrats, 5 Republicans, and 1 Independent in the RI Senate. The biggest issue so far is that the Senate President, Paiva Weed, is a staunch Catholic and hasn't brought the bill to a vote in years past. She says she will this term.
A Senate leader can block legislation like that? Oh well, good it's going now I guess.