![n this Nov. 27, 2013 file photo, Vernita Gray and Patricia Ewert hold their Illinois marriage license at their home in Chicago following their marriage by a Cook County judge. They were granted an exception to marry before Illinois' law formally](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/36249/illinois_first_same_sex_marriage__medium.jpg)
Illinois, Indiana Reax To High Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Advocates in Illinois are celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Equality Illinois says the ruling sends a powerful message that LGBT Americans "should be treated equally and justly in all facets of life.''