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How Illinois' vote for same-sex marriage unfolded

November 05, 2013

What swayed some suburban legislators to vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage Tuesday, helping it gain approval in both the state House and Senate? State Reps. Tom Cross of Oswego, Ed Sullivan of Mundelein and Ron Sandack of Downers Grove were the only House GOP members to vote "yes." "It became very clear to me that supporting marriage equality was a stance consistent with those principles that have been so central to my thinking over these many years," Cross said.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20131105/news/711059787/
 
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