Boystown Business' Angry Sign Sends Message About Marriage Equality

By the GoPride.com News Staff
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Unfinished business by the Illinois House has one Boystown business owner speaking out on marriage equality. 

"I was extremely disappointed and, like many of us, I had high expectations that I felt were warranted given that we have a Democratically controlled House and the majority of citizens in this state are in favor of legalizing gay marriage," said Mark Liberson, who owns Elixer, Halsted's Bar and Grill, Hydrate Nightclub and Replay. 

Just one day after the Illinois House failed to vote on Senate Bill 10, the legislation that would have brought same-sex marriage to Illinois, Liberson placed pro-marriage equality banners outside all four of his bars in Boystown. 

"Probably the most upsetting thing to me was the failure to call a vote," Liberson told ChicagoPride.com. "I feel that by not calling a vote we have allowed those who would vote against us to hide in the shadows rather than forcing them to state their position. Even if we lost it would have been clearer to us where to focus our energies going forward."

The banners read, "Equality doesn't need a summer break! We want a vote! Madigan: beyond denying us the right to marry - you also deny us the right to know our enemies? Shame, Shame!"

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