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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com January 31, 2011
Ill. Legalizes Civil Unions
By Trudy Ring
Gay Illinoisans rejoiced Monday afternoon as Gov. Pat Quinn signed
legislation establishing civil unions, giving same-sex couples most of the
state-level rights and responsibilities of marriage.
Quinn signed the bill before a crowd of hundreds at the Chicago Cultural
Center. He invoked the state’s most famous politician, Abraham Lincoln, by
saying, “We’re a government of the people, by the people, for the people,
and it shall not perish from the earth.”
The numerous other speakers at the signing ceremony included Greg Harris,
the gay state representative who sponsored the bill, who like many others
implied that civil unions were a step forward but not the final goal, which
is marriage equality. “There is more work to be done,” he said. “Things
can get better.”
Rep. Deb Mell, the other openly gay member of the state legislature,
discussed her activism and the support of her father, Chicago alderman
Richard Mell, and her fiancée, Christin Baker. “I realized the act of
being out and telling our story was one of the most powerful things we could
do,” she told ceremony attendees. Before the signing, she told The
Advocate of civil unions, “This is a huge first step forward toward full
marriage equality.”
At the ceremony, Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon added, “I hope that other states
will join us and I hope the federal government will join us as well. Full
equality is not too much to ask for.”
Various speakers thanked all who had worked for the civil unions law and gay
equality in general, including the late Larry McKeon, the first openly gay
Illinois legislator, who died in 2008. They also cited support of
Republicans as well as Democrats. | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 Back to top Post a Comment Report Abuse Name: Jason
Date posted: 1/31/2011 7:25:40 PM
Hometown: USA
Comment:
The new law provides more than 650 spousal benefits and protections. But the
really great thing about the new cvil union law is that same-sex
realtionships like marriage or domestic partners ships that are legal in
other states will now be reconised as a civil union, so if your in a same-
sex realtionship and you visit Illinois on holiday then your relationship is
automatically legally reconised as a civil union. Whereas other states don'
t do that. And yes its not marriage, but its a step in the right direction. | m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 3 美国伊利诺伊州州长签署承认同性民事伴侣关系的法案
当地时间1月31日，美国伊利诺伊州的民主党籍州长帕特-奎因（Pat Quinn）签署了该
州承认同性民事伴侣关系的法案，这一法案将从今年6月1日起生效。
伊利诺伊州的民事伴侣关系法案是在两个月前由州议会最后投票通过，基于该法案
，合法登记的同性恋伴侣将享有与异性婚姻配偶几乎同样的法律权利，例如伴侣医院探
视权、伴侣病重时的医疗处置决定权以及伴侣财产继承权等。
在法案生效后，伊利诺伊州将加入新泽西州等已经承认同性民事结合关系或类似的
同性伴侣关系的其它十几个州的行列。此外目前还有康涅狄格、爱荷华、马塞诸塞、新
罕布什尔和佛蒙特州以及首都华盛顿的法律允许同性婚姻登记。
另外，美国上一任总统布什的双胞胎女儿之一芭芭拉-布什将在2月1日公开的一个
视频中表达对同性婚姻的支持，成为又一个公开支持同性婚姻的共和党重量级人物的家
庭成员。
29岁的芭芭拉居住在纽约，她在同性恋权利组织HRC制作的视频中呼吁在纽约州实
现同性婚姻合法，表示支持同性婚姻平等权利。芭芭拉的父亲曾在担任总统期间大力推
动禁止同性婚姻的修宪，而芭芭拉的母亲、前第一夫人劳拉-布什在同性婚姻议题上的
立场也与丈夫不一致。
除了芭芭拉-布什和劳拉-布什，还有其他一些共和党要人的夫人或子女公开支持同
性婚姻，包括共和党前总统候选人约翰-麦凯恩的女儿梅根-麦凯恩、前副总统切尼的同
性恋女儿玛丽-切尼等，这已成为一些媒体上的政治花絮话题。（爱白网） | X*******H
发帖数: 720 | | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | | X*******H
发帖数: 720 | 6 本来想，要是civil union了是不是以后可以不用交联邦税了，因为gf是residence，我
俩加起来收入又低，搞不好可以每年省上千美金的税。。。越想越口水
结果研究了半天，原来这civil union是不可以一起报联邦税的，泪 | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 7 对了，顺便问一句：CU被联邦承认吗？有人知道吗？
【在 X*******H 的大作中提到】
: 本来想，要是civil union了是不是以后可以不用交联邦税了，因为gf是residence，我
: 俩加起来收入又低，搞不好可以每年省上千美金的税。。。越想越口水
: 结果研究了半天，原来这civil union是不可以一起报联邦税的，泪
| g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 8 联邦 does not 承认 nothing.
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 对了，顺便问一句：CU被联邦承认吗？有人知道吗？
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