Posted on 07/03/2012 7:47:10 AM PDT by scottjewell
Two county clerks from downstate Illinois are asking a judge for permission to defend the state's gay marriage ban. Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan have said they won't defend the state against a lawsuit filed by 25 gay and lesbian couples because they too believe the ban is unconstitutional. But Effingham County Clerk Kerry Hirtzel and Tazewell County Clerk Christie Webb want to defend the law. The Thomas More Society filed a request late Friday on their behalf, seeking permission to intervene in the case.
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Madigan and Alvarez should be impeached and removed from office for this crap.
ANITA Alvarez and LISA Madigan the two States Attorneys, may be Lesbians and part of the suit.
Stranger things are happening these days.
Even if not part of the suit, they may be sympathetic with it.
Well, they have gotten the OK to defend the state ban:
http://www.wdrb.com/story/18942385/illinois-clerks-get-ok-to-defend-gay-marriage-ban
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