Marriages can be performed 24 hours after a license is issued.The federal court ruling moved up the date in Cook County from June 1 -- when all of Illinois is to start allowing same-sex marriage -- to allow it immediately.The first license went to Charles Gurion of Chicago and his ...
Marriages can be performed 24 hours after a license is issued.The federal court ruling moved up the date in Cook County from June 1 -- when all of Illinois is to start allowing same-sex marriage -- to allow it immediately.The first license went to Charles Gurion of Chicago and his ...
Vernita Gray, left, and Patricia Ewert, hold their Illinois marriage license at their home in Chicago following their marriage by a Cook County judge, Nov. 27, 2013. They were the first couple to be married after the same-sex marriage law was signed by the governor. Ewert and Gray, were...
Lambda Legal's lawsuit includes Janean Watkins and Lakeesha Harris, who were the first couple in line last year to get a civil union license from Cook County. They have been together for a dozen years and are raising six children, who are the reason Watkins wants to be married. "We have...
Jennifer Rambo, right, kisses her Kristin Seaton after their marriage ceremony in front of the Carroll County Courthouse in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on May 10, 2014. Rambo and Seaton were the first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license in Eureka Springs after a judge overturned ...