Local Senator Kirk Statement on Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Ruling by Gary Kopycinski on June 26, 2015 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution grants same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide: