Various media sources are reporting that liberal activists will try to legalize same-sex “marriage” during the lame-duck session of the General Assembly Jan. 3-9.

State Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, the chief sponsor, used the lame-duck session in 2010 to ram through same-sex “civil unions” because proponents dishonestly promised that civil unions was all they wanted.

State lawmakers who pushed for civil unions, including Rep. Harris and state Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, deceived colleagues into believing that religious liberty and freedom of conscience would not be affected.