Addressing the crowd at the Oct. 22 March on Springfield for Marriage Equality were:
Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin, plus other political speakers throughout including Springfield Alderpersons Cory Jobe and Doris Turner; Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon; Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka; Sec. of State Jesse White; Attorney General Lisa Madigan; Rep. Greg Harris; Sen. Barbara Flynn Currie.
Buff Carmichael; Judy Yaeger; Jonna Cooley; Brigid F. Leahy; Bonnie Grabenhofer; Brother Michael C. Oboza; Cinda Klickna; Michael Carrigan; Rudy Lozano; Kim Hunt; Kevin Boyer; Vernita Gray; Robert Castillo; Naomi Lahiri; Elizabeth Anh Thomson; Alexis Martinez; Rick Garcia; Anthony Martinez; Scott Cross; Marquell Smith; Andy Thayer.
Jim Bennett, Ed Yohnka and families/litigants from Lambda Legal and ACLU; Caroline Kaplan of Latin School of Chicago; Art Johnston; William E. McNary; John Kohlhepp; LZ Granderson; Tracy Baim; Brent Holman-Gomez and religious leaders.
Rev. Rachelle Brown; Rev. Martin Woulfe; Pastor Jamie Frazier; Marc Loveless; Bishop Carlton Pearson.
Youth from Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy: Frank Sandoval and Daniel Ponciano.
MCs were C.C. Carter and Honey West.
Entertainers:
Artemis Singers; Amasong: Champaign-Urbana's Premiere Lesbian Feminist Chorus; Sandra Antongiorgi; Chicago Gay Men's Chorus; De'Borah; Steve Grand; Sami Grisafe; KOKUMO!; Stephen Leonard; SONiA of disappear fear; Marcus Terell; Windy City Gay Chorus; and in the March itself: Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band, and the Jammin for Justice EarthBeat Drummers.
Also see related articles beginning with Thousands march for marriage equality in Illinois at www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Thousands-march-for-marriage-equality-in-Illinois/44865.html .
Photos by Rick Aguilar, Hal Baim, Tim Carroll, Vern Hester, Ralph Childs and Gary Chichester,
March on Springfield for Marriage Equalty, 10-22-2013, Part 5: www.youtube.com/watch .
March on Springfield for Marriage Equalty, 10-22-2013, Part 8: www.youtube.com/watch .
March on Springfield for Marriage Equalty, 10-22-2013, Part 11: www.youtube.com/watch .
March on Springfield for Marriage Equality, 10-22-2013, Part 13: www.youtube.com/watch .
March on Springfield for Marriage Equality, 10-22-2013, Part 14: www.youtube.com/watch .
March on Springfield for Marriage Equality, 10-22-2013, Part 15: www.youtube.com/watch .