CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. Lt. Governor Sheila Simon celebrated with 32 couples in Chicago’s Millennium Park today as they entered into the state’s first civil unions.
June 1 was the first day that a civil union license could be obtained at county clerk offices throughout the state. By law, all marriage and civil union licensees must wait a day before a union ceremony may be performed. Illinois is the sixth state in the nation to recognize…
