Civil Unions

Same-sex couples in Illinois will be lining up to receive marriage licenses Monday after marriage between couples who are the same gender officially…

Smoking opponents are back to the drawing board in St. Charles CountyThe St. Charles County Council rejected a measure last night that would have let…

Catholic Charities says it's withdrawing from a legal battle over Illinois' civil unions law and no longer is providing state-funded services.The move…

Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Sean Crawford used in this report.A judge has denied Catholic Charities' request to keep doing adoption and foster…

Catholic Charities is delaying its plan to ask a judge to reconsider or stay his ruling that Illinois officials may cut off the nonprofit's state…

An attorney for Catholic Charities says the not-for-profit agency will appeal a judge's ruling that the state of Illinois can stop working with the group…

A central Illinois judge has ruled that Catholic Charities does not have a right to state contracts for adoptions and foster care placements and Illinois…

Catholic Social Services of Southern Illinois is asking to join a lawsuit against the state over foster placements to gay couples.The organization is…

A judge has confirmed that Illinois must temporarily continue referring foster children to Catholic Charities, despite the group's policy on gay…

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is defending the state's new civil unions law in a dispute over adoptions with Catholic Charities.State officials say they won't…