It's easy to spend a week like this week, get mired in bad press, mixed stories and things to be angry about. I thought, while I was at it and before I leave for a short vacation, I would share with fellow Kossacks some good news.
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal court ruling means a same-sex Chicago couple will be allowed to marry before the state's gay marriage law takes effect.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin on Monday ordered the Cook County clerk to issue an expedited marriage license to Vernita Gray and Patricia Ewert. Gray is terminally ill.
County Clerk David Orr said he'll comply with the order.
Illinois' gay marriage law takes effect June 1. But the gay rights group Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a lawsuit seeking immediate action for Gray and Ewert. Gray has cancer in her brain and bones.
Camilla Taylor of Lambda Legal says Gray wants to marry the woman she loves before she dies.
Orr notes expedited licenses are granted to heterosexual couples in similar situations
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This couple, together for years will get to spend the holidays as a married couple before one passes from a terminal illness.
There is nothing wrong with seeing some compassion in the world.
Happy Holidays, all.