Illinois Senate approves same-sex marriage bill
(MCT) — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois took a major step toward giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry Thursday, as the Democratic-led state Senate handed advocates an early win after a fervent debate over sex and morals.
Now the high-profile social issue moves to a House divided on whether people of the same sex should be allowed to marry— a question of equality for supporters and a matter of Biblical proportions for opponents.
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