"State Rep. Deborah Mell (D-Chicago) quietly made Illinois history last week.
She got married.
To a woman.
Mell, 43, is the first high-profile elected official in the state to publicly enter into a same-sex marriage.
But she had to go to Iowa to do it.
It’s one of only six states plus the District of Columbia where same-sex marriage is legal. A judge in Davenport performed their civil ceremony last Wednesday.
Mell’s wife of one week is Christin Baker, 36, a national director for the YMCA. They dated for seven years."
-full report at Chicago Sun-Times
