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Same-Sex Marriage Legal in Land of Lincoln

This is a year of great change for same-sex couples in Illinois and across the United States. In June 2014, same-sex marriage finally became legal and paved the way for married couples of the same sex to generally enjoy the same protections and rights to medical, insurance, tax, and other benefits as opposite-sex married couples enjoy. While civil unions have been legal in Illinois since 2011, and many rights were gained at that time, couples now converting their civil unions to marriage licenses look forward to the possibilityContinue reading