I januar 2013 blev parret rekrutteret af viceguvernøren i Illinois Sheila Simon til at lobby regeringsmedlemmer til godkende lovforslaget SB10, som ville tillade ægteskab mellem samme køn.<ref name="89WLSAM-2013">{{Cite web|title=Gay marriage bill voted through Illinois House|url=http://www.wlsam.com/common/page.php?pt=Gay+marriage+bill+voted+through+Illinois+House&id=74133&is_corp=0|website=[[WLS (AM)|89 WLS AM]]|access-date=4. august 2014|date=5. november 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234119/http://www.wlsam.com/common/page.php?pt=Gay+marriage+bill+voted+through+Illinois+House&id=74133&is_corp=0|archive-date= 2. december 2013|url-status=dead}}<cite class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="true">. ''[[WLS (AM)|89 WLS AM]]''. November 5, 2013. Archived from [http://www.wlsam.com/common/page.php?pt=Gay+marriage+bill+voted+through+Illinois+House&id=74133&is_corp=0 the original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234119/http://www.wlsam.com/common/page.php?pt=Gay+marriage+bill+voted+through+Illinois+House&id=74133&is_corp=0 |date= 2. december 2013 }} on December 2, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 4,</span> 2014</span>.</cite></ref> Lovforslaget blev vedtaget af begge huse i Parlamentet, <ref name="ChicagoTrib-SB10passes-house-2013">{{Kilde nyheder|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-11-05/news/chi-gay-marriage-illinois-20131105_1_illinois-senate-gay-marriage-gay-lawmakers|title=Lawmakers approve gay marriage in Illinois|last=Garcia|first=Monique|date=5. november 2013|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=21. november 2013|last2=Long|first2=Ray}}</ref> <ref name="ChiSunTimes-ToGovDesk-2013">{{Kilde nyheder|url=http://www.suntimes.com/23558841-761/gay-marriage-bill-passes-in-illinois-house.html|title=Gay marriage bill passes in Illinois house, senate – on to governors desk|date=5. november 2013|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=5. december 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001714/http://www.suntimes.com/23558841-761/gay-marriage-bill-passes-in-illinois-house.html|archive-date=3. december 2013}}</ref> og guvernør [[Pat Quinn]] underskrev lovforslaget, <ref name="ChicagoTrib-Quinn-signs-2013">{{Kilde nyheder|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-illinois-gay-marriage-bill-signing-20131120,0,4464600.story|title=Quinn signs Illinois gay marriage bill|last=Garcia|first=Monique|date=20. november 2013|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=20. november 2013}}</ref> som trådte i kraft d. 1. juni 2014. <ref name="ChicagoTrib-Q&A-2013">{{Kilde nyheder|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-gay-marriage-qa-20131106,0,1827048,full.story|title=Q&A on same-sex marriage|last=Geiger|first=Kim|date=5. november 2013|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=21. november 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109065633/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-gay-marriage-qa-20131106%2C0%2C1827048%2Cfull.story|archive-date=9. november 2013}}</ref>
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