Same-Sex “Marriage” Appeal on Illinois House Floor

In Springfield on Wednesday, Illinois State Representative Deborah Mell (D-Chicago) took a moment of personal privilege in the legislative chamber to announce that she and her lesbian partner would be traveling to Iowa to get married next year, and to advocate for so-called same-sex “marriage” legislation here in Illinois.

There has been considerable media coverage of Rep. Mell’s announcement — all of it one-sided, but what hasn’t been addressed strikes at the very heart of this debate: the public purpose of marriage.