Greg Harris’s marriage equality law may help spur local economy
Via Medill
State Rep. Greg Harris, chief House sponsor of the Illinois marriage equality law, is receiving a lot of wedding invites this summer. Sitting in his cluttered Uptown office, the 59-year-old Democrat speaks modestly about the months he spent gathering support for the controversial bill, which at times ignited ire from both conservatives and liberals.
SB 10, signed into law on Nov. 20 and which took effect June 1, requires that all Illinois marriage laws apply to same- and different-sex couples equally.
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