Talk:Same-sex marriage in Illinois

message: This article is blatantly non-neutral, exclusively covering the advancement (or mere non-advancement) of pro-same-sex legislation, and utterly omitting the existence of anything contrary, despite contrary legislation actually not only being introduced, but passed, signed, and in force for the last 15 years.  Even the title is a non-neutral, implying that the goal to be focused on is "Recognition of same-sex unions in Illinois" in a state that has never recognized same-sex unions, instead of "Marriage and civil union law in Illinois" or "Status of same-sex unions in Illinois" or something neutral like that.  Before I rewrote the first sentence, the article started with simply "Illinois does not currently have a civil union law." as if it were the  of LGBT marriage politics in Illinois or something.  It still begins with a 2005 survey — a bit old considering the subject, especially considering that this article was created in December 2007, and the survey was performed December 2004, so it was already 3 years behind when it was added to this article.  (Unfortunately, the same surveys dated 2006–2010 don't seem to address this topic.)  Even when citing the survey, the article pointed out the two types of "yes" responses yet omitted the "no", as if opposition was just a side issue one could calculate later if one was interested that sort of irrelevant response.  The article then exclusively discusses 2 failed/stalled bills from 2007 on.  This article needs the history of contrary legislation, particularly the Marriage Protection Act, since it's actually the law in force.  The 2009 versions of the bills still have a chance of coming to a vote in the current 96th General Assembly, but the claim of one bill's status has, as its source, a Chicago Tribune article with no relation, and the other's status has no citation at all.  The claim that governor Pat Quinn supports the act is a WP:BLP claim whose citation is a broken link on a pro-gay-rights website.  In short: The title needs to be changed to a neutral subject, rather than implying a one-way march towards someone's idea of manifest destiny in which the opposing elephant in the room is either characterized as an unwelcome delay or simply omitted as being out of scope; and the treatment of the issue needs to be likewise neutrally scoped. --Closeapple (talk) 03:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Exclusive pro-same-sex bias

message: I've gone ahead and added a section on current law, please take a look and tell me what you think. -Rrius (talk) 03:54, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I like it.  Thanks for all your work.  --Denovo1 (talk) 00:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Arbitrary section break

message: *  --Javaweb (talk) 09:10, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you --Javaweb (talk) 09:10, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  ACLU file suit against gay-marriage ban in Illinois 

message: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/illinois-house-votes-gay-marriages-20795167
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-gay-marriage-illinois-20131105,0,7759837.story
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Gay-Marriage-Vote-230660881.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.71.26.78 (talk) 04:10, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: No, actually it isn't legal until the governor signs the bill and it goes into effect in June 2014. Moncrief (talk) 17:24, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Although I went ahead and kicked this page over to "Same-sex marriage in Illinois" in anticipation of Quinn signing the bill in the next few days. Dralwik|Have a Chat 17:39, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems like a smart move to me. Moncrief (talk) 22:59, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I also added a line to the opening sentence and a Chicago Tribune citation making clear that Governor Quinn will sign the bill, so same-sex marriage in Illinois is virtually certain. Dralwik|Have a Chat 23:09, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gay marriage now legal in Illinois