When President Barack Obama earlier this month acknowledged his support for gay marriage, he said his position on the issue had evolved over time. The nation’s CEOs could be forgiven for thinking, “What took so long?”
As of 2011, 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies offered benefits such as health and dental insurance to their employees’ same-sex domestic partners, according to Human Rights Campaign, a Washington-based advocacy group.
Here’s a look at what Illinois’ 10 largest publicly traded companies offer.
The cardinal, the Klan, the Taste — and living together in one city: Crain’s political columnist Greg Hinz says Cardinal Francis George had every right to voice his concerns about Chicago’s gay pride parade. But then he kept talking…
What’s your reaction to Cardinal Francis George’s remarks in which he compared the gay rights movement to the Ku Klux Klan?
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Illinois to let civil-union couples file joint state tax returns: Starting in January, Illinois will allow couples who obtained civil-union licenses this year to file joint state income tax returns, a symbolic change that likely won’t save couples money but that one gay-rights group called an important step.
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