{"id":610,"date":"2012-06-26T18:47:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T18:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/?p=610"},"modified":"2012-06-26T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T18:48:15","slug":"illinois-prosecutors-refusing-to-defend-gay-marriage-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/illinois-prosecutors-refusing-to-defend-gay-marriage-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Prosecutors Refusing to Defend Gay Marriage Ban."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, and Cook County State\u2019s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, are refusing to defend the Illinois ban on gay marriage in the courts. <\/strong>The Illinois ban defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, and Illinois prosecutors are saying that it violates the Illinois constitution\u2019s equal protection clause. The twenty-five Illinois couples who had joined lawsuits challenging the gay marriage ban were thrilled to hear that they would not be beginning a long legal battle.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mgyIoDq0TDc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Currently, six states and the District of Columbia have officially legalized gay marriage. Several other states are in the process of attempting to legalize gay marriage.<\/p>\n<p>In the unfortunate happenstance that you or someone you love has incurred major personal injuries or a wrongful death as the result of a Massachusetts personal injury accident, you should promptly contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/\">Boston personal injury lawyer<\/a> experts or <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Boston, MA wrongful death lawyer<\/a> specialists at our full service <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-about-gil-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA law firm<\/a> <strong>24 hours a day and 7 days a week<\/strong> at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong>. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyer<\/a> advocates have recovered many millions of dollars in personal injury damages for our Massachusetts clients, and our Boston, MA lawyer professionals are nationally admired and recognized for our dedicated client service and consistent results. Call right away for a free and confidential consultation. Contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\">expert Massachusetts attorney<\/a> professionals <strong>24\/7<\/strong> at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong> or email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-boston-personal-injury-contact.php\">gilhoylaw@hotmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let us start helping you today. <strong>Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, and Cook County State\u2019s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, are refusing to defend the Illinois ban on gay marriage in the courts. The Illinois ban defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, and Illinois &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/illinois-prosecutors-refusing-to-defend-gay-marriage-ban\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}