According the Washington Post, a majority of Americans now support marriage rights for same-sex couples:

Five years ago, at 36 percent, support for gay marriage barely topped a third of all Americans. Now, 53 percent say gay marriage should be legal, marking the first time in Post-ABC polling that a majority has said so.

“This is very consistent with a lot of other polling data we’ve seen and the general momentum we’ve seen over the past year and a half,” said Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, a leading pro-gay-marriage group. “As people have come to understand this is about loving, committed families dealing, like everyone, with tough times, they understand how unfair it is to treat them differently.”

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Executive Director Colleen Connell submitted written testimony to the House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday in opposition to House Bill 3156. She writes:

There can be no purpose in upending the existing system of regulation other than to seek to impose the same unconstitutional burdens on the fundamental right to terminate pregnancy that led the federal courts to enjoin the ASTC Act and regulations in Ragsdale v. Turnock. We urge you to let science dictate and avoid the unnecessary cost to the State of Illinois of further litigation about regulatory requirements long found to impose a substantial burden with no medical justifications. We urge you to vote NO on House Bill 3156.

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Ms. Magazine has some great coverage of our Women are not Livestock Rally in Springfield:

Abortion-rights activists attended the Committee vote wearing shirts and buttons saying, "Women are not livestock." Colleen Connell, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois, clarified, "The voters of Illinois do not endorse this radical agenda. Voters recently rejected a gubernatorial candidate with a solid, anti-abortion record because they want the state's leadership to focus on fixing the budget and creating jobs."

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Missed the fun in Springfield? Join us Wednesday, March 23rd for a rally in Naperville, home of the chief sponsor of the anti-abortion legislation.