Activists don't consider civil unions good enough

Six months after Illinois' civil union legislation went into effect, forces committed to redefining natural marriage are already planning their next steps.

A recent article in the Huffington Post reports that a "group of Illinois lawmakers have begun laying the groundwork for their latest push to bring marriage equality to the Land of Lincoln," despite the fact that through the civil union law, same-sex couples already receive all the benefits they claimed they wanted.

This meeting included the Illinois General Assembly's three openly homosexual members: State Reps. Greg Harris, D-Chicago; Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago; and Deborah Mell, D-Chicago. State Reps. Ann Williams, D-Chicago, and Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, and state Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, are also listed as part of the coalition to redefine marriage.

Anyone paying attention should have expected this because homosexual activists have explicitly stated that civil unions are merely a steppingstone to their real goal: the eradication of marriage as it has been understood throughout history.

It's not benefits they seek; it's the societal approval that accompanies legal recognition of homosexual unions as marriage. Of course, homosexual unions will never in reality constitute marriages, but like the proverbial emperor who had no clothes, when the government acts like they are marriages, society will play along with the foolish game of pretend.

- David E. Smith, Executive Director, Illinois Family Institute, Carol Stream