750 ILCS 80/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act. (Source: P.A. 98-597, eff. 6-1-14.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 80 — Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act.
Illinois · statute · 750 ILCS 80 · 9 active provisions
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Purposes; rules of construction
Purposes; rules of construction. This Act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purpose, which is to provide same-sex and different-sex couples and their children equal access to the status, benefits, protections, rights, and responsibilities of civil marriage. Nothing in this Act is intend…
750 ILCS 80/7
Private clubs
Private clubs. Nothing in this Act is intended to abrogate, limit, or expand the exemption for private clubs under Section 5-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. (Source: P.A. 98-597, eff. 6-1-14.)
750 ILCS 80/10
Equal access to marriage
Equal access to marriage. (a) All laws of this State applicable to marriage, whether they derive from statute, administrative or court rule, policy, common law, or any other source of civil or criminal law, shall apply equally to marriages of same-sex and different-sex couples and their children. (b) Parties to a marri…
750 ILCS 80/15
Religious freedom
Religious freedom. Nothing in this Act shall interfere with or regulate the religious practice of any religious denomination or Indian Nation or Tribe or Native Group. Any religious denomination or Indian Nation or Tribe or Native Group is free to choose which marriages it will solemnize or celebrate. (Source: P.A. 98-…
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Severability
Severability. If any part of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is adjudged invalid, such adjudication or application shall not affect the validity of this Act as a whole or of any other part. (Source: P.A. 98-597, eff. 6-1-14.)
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750 ILCS 80/915
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Severability
Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 98-597, eff. 6-1-14.)