Patch Flash: Marriage Equality Bill Moves to IL Senate

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  Marriage equality legislation in Illinois was approved Tuesday by a state Senate committee, advancing the measure toward a vote of the full Senate that is expected to take place on Valentine's Day. The Illinois Senate Executive Committee voted, just as they had a month earlier, in favor of the bill, which would legalize same-sex marriage in the land of Lincoln. Nine committee members voted in favor of the bill and five against. State Sen. Heather Steans, the bill's sponsor, told the committee Tuesday, "Same-sex couples want to marry for the same reasons we all do. Civil unions have created a second-class status," according to Chicago Pride.   The Skokie Police Department has been working around the clock with Chicago and other area …

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Brian

1:51 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013

You can talk all you want about essence, but as I said in another message board in response, isn't the essence of marriage love?   more ›

Northbrook, in Pictures

GBN Strikes Up the Band At Wrigley Field

Wearing white and green, members of the Glenbrook North band stepped out onto the grass at Wrigley Field Saturday, where they played before a special screening of the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  The band was invited to play at Wrigley because some of the scenes in the famous movie were filmed at Glenbrook North, and Ferris director John Hughes is a GBN alum.

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Joanna Schneider

12:20 pm on Wednesday, October 5, 2011

How fun that Glenbrook North lives as part of cinema history through Ferris Bueller. Congrats to the GBN band on a great performance!   more ›