Tag Archives: Kirk Dillard

Illinois Senate Approves Massive Gambling Expansion

Posted on May 2, 2013 by David E Smith

SB 1739 — a bill to expand gambling with five new casinos in Chicago, Rockford, Danville, Park City and a location in the south suburbs as well as video slot machines at racetracks and in Chicago airports — now moves to the Illinois House for consideration.

Posted in How Did They Vote, Illinois Politics | Tagged David Luechtefeld, David Syverson, Jason Barickman, Kirk Dillard, Matt Murphy | Comments Off

11 State Lawmakers Step Up in Support of Natural Marriage

Posted on September 1, 2012 by David E Smith

This week, a bipartisan group of 11 members of the Illinois General Assembly filed an amicus curiae brief defending the constitutionality of Illinois law defining marriage as the union of a husband and a wife. Led by Senator Kirk Dillard (R-Westmont) and Senator Bill Haine (D-Alton), the legislators’ brief supports a motion to dismiss the ACLU and Lambda Legal lawsuits filed by Thomas More Society attorneys, on behalf of downstate county clerks who were allowed into the case to defend the law.

“We welcome the bipartisan support for Illinois’ marriage law offered by this respected group of legislators,” said Peter …

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged ACLU, Bill Brady, Bill Haine, Catholic Conference of Illinois, Darrin LaHood, David Reis, Joseph Lyons, Kirk Dillard, Lambda Legal, Matt Murphy, Michael Connelly, Patti Bellock, Paul Evans, Peter Breen, Richard Morthland, Robert V. Boharic, Thomas More Society | Comments Off