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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 2004
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan editors invite reader letters under 250 words submitted by email or mail. Letters must be signed with hometown and a verifiable phone number. addresses and poetry or mass submissions are not printed. The paper provides contact numbers for news tips, classifieds, and subscriber services and notes ownership by Lee Enterprises.
Deborah Mell, sister in law to Governor Blagojevich, has become a public activist for gay rights and a 1990s political family issue. She lobbied for an anti discrimination bill, attended vigils, and even faced arrest at a pre marriage rally in Chicago while Blagojevich maintains his opposition to same sex marriage. Her father Dick Mell has supported her stance, while Blagojevich remains firm that marriage is between a man and a woman.
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