Legalized

Illinois is now the 15th State in the Nation to have passed marriage equality laws. The lawmakers have passed the law and the governor has pledged to sign it. Illinoid joins a growing list of States that achieved marriage equality this year like: Minnesota, Rhode Island and Delaware and New Jersey. States that are sure to join this momentum are: Hawaii, which has the measure already passed by the State Senate, and Nevada, with a pending lawsuit in the State's Supreme Court.

It is stunning to see the reversal that has happened in the past few years. It was not to long ago that States all around were implementing same sex marriage bans in their constitutions, as matter of fact 30 states passed those laws, but it seems that the momentum has ended, the direction this country is heading in is definitely more positive towards gay marriage, as many of the teenagers who couldn't vote are growing up and polls continue to show their overwhelming support for marriage equality. So the support is likely to continue increasing.

I would also like to add that since the supreme court stroke DOMA down, marriage equality is the defacto law of the land. The federal government will recognize marriages that were conducted in marriage equality states and provide benefits even if the couple in question resides in another state. There is also the fact that federal law supersedes state laws. The rest is really all semantics, this country is firmly in the path for full marriage equality in all the land and it will not go back.