Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City of Chicago joined Mayors for the Freedom to Marry and the U.S. Conference of Mayors in filing a friend-of-the-court ( amicus ) brief expressing their support of marriage equality for same-sex couples, and urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the federal court of appeals' ruling that gays and lesbians have no fundamental right to marry.
More than 225 mayors and 40 cities have signed on to the brief, which calls on the Supreme Court to make marriage a fundamental right that applies equally to both same-sex and different-sex couples, and across state lines.
In addition, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined a coalition of states in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Constitution requires marriage equality nationwide. The brief was filed in conjunction with challenges to the state laws in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee that ban marriages between same-sex couples and refuse to recognize same-sex marriages lawfully licensed by other states.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey led the filing of the amicus, which was joined by Madigan and attorneys general from California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
Attorneys general from Hawaii, Minnesota and Virginia each filed separate briefs in support of same-sex marriage.
See more at the link: www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/IL-Atty-Gen-Lisa-Madigan-joins-amicus-brief-for-marriage-equality/50761.html .