Don’t change 
the definition
 of marriage

Six months after Illinois’ civil-union legislation went into effect, forces committed to redefining legal marriage are already planning their next steps.

A recent article in the Huffington Post reports that a “group of Illinois lawmakers [has] begun laying the groundwork for [its] latest push to bring marriage equality to the Land of Lincoln,” despite the fact that through the civil-union law, same-sex couples already receive all the benefits they claimed they wanted.

This meeting included the Illinois General Assembly’s three openly homosexual members: state Reps. Greg Harris, Kelly Cassidy and Deborah Mell, all Chicago Democrats. State Reps. Ann Williams and Sara Feigenholtz and state Sen. Heather Steans, all Chicago Democrats, are also listed as part of the coalition to redefine marriage.

Anyone paying attention should have expected this, because homosexual activists have explicitly stated that civil unions are merely a stepping stone to their real goal: the eradication of marriage as it’s been understood throughout history.

It’s not benefits they seek; it’s the societal approval that accompanies legal recognition of homosexual unions as “marriage.”

Of course, homosexual unions will never in reality constitute marriages, but like the proverbial emperor who had no clothes, when the government acts like they are marriages, society will play along with the foolish game of pretend.

Note to readers – David E. Smith is the executive director of the Illinois Family Institute.