(Chicago, IL, February 11, 2013) — On Wednesday, Feb. 13, the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division will hear oral argument concerning a motion to stay the cases brought by Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Illinois seeking marriage for same-sex couples. The motion, brought by The Thomas More Society, seeks to delay any action in the case pending decisions in two federal marriage cases up for review in the United States Supreme Court, United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry.them to intervene as defendants. Soon after, the Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-gay group based in Arizona, moved to intervene on behalf of IFI, an organization with a history of making derogatory and untruthful statements about lesbian and gay people. In November 2012, the motion was denied, and the Thomas More Society soon filed a motion to delay court proceedings. |
