There will be a vote before September. It will pass.
I've been reading a few things about the blame behind the Illinois Marriage Equality bill not coming to a vote. Many different blame games being played. Most is laid on Mike Madigan or the Black and Hispanic Democratic Legislative Caucuses. Some on the Chicago politicians not writing the paycheck because they believed they can carry it on their own. Some are saying that the minority caucuses shouldn't be blamed because, after all, others were against the bill totoo
However, when it comes to civil rights, how one minority group that has been discriminated against does not support another, regardless of the pressure, there is no excuse. So religious pressure, the "white guys" thinking they can pull it off without opening a the check book, the bigoted constituents being against it, none of that matters. We stand together or we all fall. Two members of the Black Democratic Legislative Caucus have cosponsored the bill. They are Rep Ken Dunkin, who has been with us all along, and LaShawn Ford, who just came on board. The Hispanic Democratic Legislative Caucus has also been a block to equality. What is amazing to me, regardless of what blame game is played, regardless of who didn't pay up or didn't lean hard enough or who is afraid for their reelection or afraid of the religious backlash, is that we have anyone to blame.
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