Churches Seek to Intervene in Illinois Gay Marriage Case
conservative Illinois Family Institute and two Chicago area churches ask Judge Sophia Hall for permission to intervene in a suit by 25 gay and lesbian couples aiming to overturn Illinois ban on gay marriage claiming a stake due to past opposition and potential facility disputes if the ban falls. Hearing set for Nov 7 to consider the intervention requests amid consolidation of related suits led by Lambda Legal and ACLU.
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Chicago
Illinois Family Institute
Downstate
Cook County
Anita Alvarez
Lisa Madigan
IFI
Arlington Heights
Grace Gospel Fellowship
Sophia Hall
Alliance Defending Freedom
Illinois
Alliance
Bryan Beauman
Lambda Legal
Camilla Taylor
Jason Craddock
Craddock
Judge voids over ninety Occupy Chicago arrests in Grant Park
A Cook County judge ruled that arrests of more than 90 Occupy Chicago protesters in Grant Park were invalid and condemned the city’s curfew enforcement as unconstitutional. The decision notes the city did not arrest people at Obama’s 2008 victory rally despite similar curfew violations.
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Chicago
Cook County
Thomas Donnelly
Occupy
Grant Park
Donnelly
Barack Obama
Drought tightens grip as Midwest harvest proceeds
The U S Drought Monitor reports 65 5 percent of the contiguous U S under drought last week up from 64 8 percent the prior week as extreme or exceptional drought rose to 21 5 percent The Nebraska Iowa Kansas Missouri Illinois and Indiana areas show varied but persistent dryness while Missouri and Illinois received rain this week aiding soybean crops NOAA official Anthony Artusa cautioned that little rain is expected in hard hit eastern Dakotas eastern Nebraska and the Upper Mississippi Valley in the near term
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U.S. Drought Monitor
U.S
Missouri
Illinois
National
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Indiana
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Upper Great Lakes Region
Anthony Artusa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Climate Prediction Center
Defense blames teen for 2009 Benson killings
Lincoln court hears defense claim Christopher Harris killed the Gee family adults in self defense while Dylan Constant sparked the 2009 massacre. Prosecutors say Harris brothers used a tire iron to kill Ruth and Rick Gee and three children and attacked a 3 year old girl. The defense seeks access to school medical and juvenile records but the judge denies the request. Harris, once married to Nicole Gee, is accused alongside Jason Harris of the fatal assault.
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Central Illinois
Benson
Dan Fultz
Christopher Harris
Dillon
Constant
Harris
Jason Harris
Ruth
Rick Gee
Gees
Springfield
Dillon Constant
Fultz
Steven Nate
Nate
Nicole Gee
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Jill Womick
Bloodworth
Casey Vanwinkle
Boomer Bloodworth
First Circuit
Womice Law
Steve Henry
Arapahoe, Neb
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MT Aim
ATOK
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Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
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