Politics & Government
'Illinois Legislators, Step Up to the Plate': GLN Leader
DOMA was struck down, a Prop 8 challenge was dismissed, but the LGBT community in Illinois says it has to keep fighting, or equality in Illinois "will never happen."
An estimated 500 Chicagoans rallied in Boystown Wednesday night in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s pro-LGBT equality rulings, but those who took the stage say they’re not stopping here.
The Day of Decision rally took over the corner of Halsted and Roscoe streets in the heart of Chicago’s LGBT community, organized just minutes after the court ruled the Defense of Marriage Act was deemed unconstitutional. The Supreme Court also directed an appeals court to rule in favor of the activists who fought to overturn California's Proposition 8.
People shouted, cheered and hugged as, one after another, speakers took the stage.
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