Lakeesha Harris and Janean Watkins pose with MWRD Commissioner Debra Shore and an Eli’s Cheesecake. (PHOTO SUPPLIED)
Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)-Cook County Clerk David Orr’s office issued 203 civil union licenses Wednesday, the first day legal partnerships between same-sex and opposite-sex couples were granted in Illinois.
Most couples arrived before the clerk’s downtown office opened at 7:30 a.m., but a steady stream of couples applied for civil unions until the doors closed at 7 p.m. A few dozen couples visited…
