Children Quote by Lisa Madigan

In 2011, when the General Assembly passed the law allowing civil unions, Illinois took an important step forward to recognize that gay and lesbian…

— Lisa Madigan

We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples due process…

— Henry Franklin Floyd

Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. Our time on this earth is limited, I know that better than most. Life comes…

— Mark Kirk

You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.

— Elton John

I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they…

— Elton John

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships.

— Justin Welby

Our prayers at this time are prompted by the fact that the Governor of Illinois today is signing into Illinois law the redefinition of…

— Thomas J. Paprocki

To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and father of…

— Chris Kluwe

If the rights of civil partners are met differently in law to those of married couples, there is no discrimination in law, and if…

— John Sentamu

We have so much discrimination in this world - colour, race, creed, all of these things - and there is an issue here that…

— Enda Kenny

Generally, the arguments for same-sex marriage go along these lines: 'I have a civil right.' What the homosexual movement wants to do is to…

— Erwin W. Lutzer

“Far from undermining marriage, gay and lesbian couples seeking marriage for themselves are perhaps the institution's best friends. At a time when marriage is…

— Gene Robinson