Upon passage of gay marriage legislation in the Illinois Senate, State Sen. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) said:
“I believe strongly in the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman. Additionally, I have extreme reservations about the legislation not having exemptions for churches, synagogues or mosques and other religious institutions from being forced to perform same-sex marriages in their respective houses of worship,” LaHood said. “The legalization of civil unions has wreaked havoc on the services that were offered by Catholic Charities of Peoria, because the institution was banned from performing adoption services as a result of a discriminatory policy against the church by the administration of Pat Quinn. It is too bad that today’s vote was political theatre and the Senate Democrat leadership chose to avoid the most pressing issues of pension reform and the fiscal crisis.”
