CAPITOL FAX: Rutherford and Topinka celebrate civil union signing

Gov. Quinn then recognized State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka and State Treasurer Dan Rutherford, both Republicans who supported the bill. “Civil rights transcend political partnerships,” he said.

Rutherford was the last to address the crowd.

“I am from a small town in central Illinois and I am a Republican, and I am proud of it. As this bill move forward, I felt I just needed to do the right thing,” Rutherford said. “January 2009 I resigned from the Senate as the civil unions bill made its way through, and my very last bill of 18 years as part of the Senate was to vote yes on the civil unions bill.”

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