Two more Illinois couples get early marriage go-ahead
Mon. December 16, 2013 9:15 AM by Windy City Media Group
Chicago, IL -
A federal judge ordered Dec. 9 that two more Illinois couples—each with partners suffering from chronic illnesses—could wed ahead of the June 1, 2014, start-date for same-sex weddings in the state. A hearing on Dec. 16 will determine whether couples under similar circumstances can marry as well.
Judge Sharon Coleman from the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois issued the ruling.
The two couples are Elvie Jordan and Challis Gibbs, and Ronald Dorfman and Kenneth Ilio. Two other couples—Brenda Lee and Lee Edwards, and Patricia Tucker and Ingrid Swenson—are named in the Dec. 6 petition but were not granted permission to marry.
The petition states that the plaintiffs contending with illness, and other couples facing similar circumstances, are unfairly treated by having to wait until June for the right to marry.
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Judge Sharon Coleman from the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois issued the ruling.
The two couples are Elvie Jordan and Challis Gibbs, and Ronald Dorfman and Kenneth Ilio. Two other couples—Brenda Lee and Lee Edwards, and Patricia Tucker and Ingrid Swenson—are named in the Dec. 6 petition but were not granted permission to marry.
The petition states that the plaintiffs contending with illness, and other couples facing similar circumstances, are unfairly treated by having to wait until June for the right to marry.
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