Adam and Eve, Not Ford and Accord: Illinois Gay Marriage Tacked as Amendment to Rental Car Bill

The future of gay couples’ right to marry in Illinois could very well, as god intended, rely on the automobile industry. Illinois Senators have attached the legalization of gay marriage as an amendment to House Bill 4963, which itself amends the state’s Collateral Recovery Act. Feasibly, a bill which seeks to “define ‘automobile rental company'” could also end up defining marriage in the nation’s fifth largest state. More »