Federal judge allows same-sex marriage licenses in Cook County, Illinois

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [official website] on Friday ruled that same-sex couples in Cook County may be issued marriage licenses immediately rather than having to wait for the effective date of Illinois' same-sex marriage law [text, PDF] in June. After US District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman's ruling, which only applies to Cook County, Cook County Clerk David Orr [official website] announced [press release] that marriage licenses would begin to be...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/02/federal-judge-allows-same-sex-marriage-licenses-in-cook-county-illinois.php

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