Gay marriages in Cook Co. (Chicago) don’t have to wait, judge rules [View all]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Same-sex couples don’t have to wait until June to get married in Cook County under a federal judge’s ruling issued Friday.
“There is no reason to delay further when no opposition has been presented to this Court and committed gay and lesbian couples have already suffered from the denial of their fundamental right to marry,” U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman said in her ruling.
Friday’s ruling in the class-action lawsuit against the Cook County Clerk’s office affects only same-sex marriages in Cook County.
Cook County Clerk David Orr said his office will issue licenses immediately at the Daley Center office and at least one couple got married there Friday.
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