The Chicago Tribune reports today that on Friday, January 21, Governor Blagojevich signed Illinois equal rights bill for homosexuals, making Illinois one of only fifteen states to explicitly write equal protection for gay citizens into the law. Local news reports on the issue have been strangely muted from both sides of the debate. The governor interestingly invoked Scripture in signalling his approval for the measure; "What we're doing today is as old as the Scripture: Love thy neighbor," Blagojevich said. "It's what Jesus said when he gave his Sermon on the Mount: `Do unto others what you have others do unto you.'"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0501220273jan22,1,7233964.story?coll=chi-news-hed
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