As the Illinois Senate gets ready to decide Thursday on a marriage-equality bill, advocates around the country have a lot of reasons to be optimistic.
Abby Rapoport
Abby Rapoport is a freelance journalist and former staff writer at The American Prospect. She was previously a political reporter for the Texas Observer. Follow @ rarapoport
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Ted Cruz Is Crazy Like a Fox
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