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Cardinal defends funding cuts for immigration groups that support gay marriage
CHICAGO — Cardinal Francis George, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, is defending his decision to bar church funding for immigrant rights groups that support same-sex marriage.
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Equality Illinois calls on Chicago to end relationship with Moscow
CHICAGO – Equality Illinois on Tuesday urged the City of Chicago to suspend its sister city relationship with Moscow as part of a concerted effort to protest Russia’s criminalization of gay rights activism.
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Chicago police: Attack on lesbian couple an anti-gay hate crime
CHICAGO — A lesbian couple was attacked in a Chicago neighborhood on Saturday night by as many as 10 men who taunted them for being gay and took turns punching and kicking them on the dark street.
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PHOTOS: Millions flock to pride events just days after Supreme Court rulings
SAN FRANCISCO — Millions of gay rights supporters crowded parade routes in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and other major U.S. cities to celebrate what once was unimaginable — two Supreme Court victories on same-sex marriage.
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Fight for marriage equality in Ill. the focus of participants at Chicago Pride
CHICAGO — Energized by recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, massive rainbow-covered crowds gathered Sunday for Chicago’s annual Pride Parade with attendees, advocates and politicians vowing to continue the fight for gay marriage in Illinois.
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Chicago cab driver kicks gay couple out of taxi for ‘first base’ kiss
CHICAGO — A gay couple alleges an innocent kiss nearly caused them to be ejected from their cab onto a rain-slicked Kennedy Expressway in Chicago on Thursday night.
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Chicago-area black clergy members amp up support for same-sex marriage
CHICAGO — A group of black Chicago area clergy members say they’re supporting gay marriage not as a religious issue, but because it’s a matter of equality.
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Black clergy air radio ads opposing Illinois marriage equality bill
CHICAGO — Chicago-area black clergy amped up opposition to a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois, airing radio ads and “robo-calling” residents in black communities urging them to ask their representatives to vote against the bill.
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Chicago Tribune on same-sex marriage: ‘It’s the fair thing to do’
CHICAGO — The Chicago Tribune, the eighth largest daily newspaper in the United States by circulation, on Monday announced support for legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois.
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Illinois LGBT activists to demonstrate against Cardinal George
Activists from the Gay Liberation Network, a longtime Chicago-based direct action LGBT rights group, are calling on the local community to join them early next month in a protest against Cardinal Francis George, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, due to his vocal opposition against same-sex marriage. The rally will take place on Feb. 10 […]