Contact: Tom Ciesielka, 312-422-1333
CHICAGO, Sept. 30, 2013 /
Christian Newswire/ -- Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel of the Thomas More Society, will speak on a four-person-panel hosted by the Chicago Tribune on whether homosexual marriage should be legalized.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 6 p.m. (CENTRAL)
WHAT: Chicago Tribune Editorial Page Editor Bruce Dold will lead a panel discussion on whether to legalize homosexual marriage in Illinois, concluding with an audience participation Q & A session. The Tribune has brought together key figures on both sides of the issue for the panel.
WHO:
• Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel of the Thomas More Society
• Robert Gilligan, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Illinois
• Deborah Mell, openly homosexual Chicago Alderman (33rd Ward), former State Representative
• Greg Harris, openly HIV-positive homosexual State Representative (Democrat - Chicago), chief sponsor of SB10, which would create marriage between people of the same sex in Illinois
WHERE: Museum of Broadcast Communications, 360 N. State St. Chicago, IL 60611
LIMITED MEDIA PASSES AVAILABLE: Contact Tom Ciesielka for details at
tc@tcpr.net.
About Peter Breen
Peter Breen is the vice president and senior counsel of the Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm headquartered in Chicago. Peter has appeared in state and federal courts across the country in defense of life, marriage, and religious liberty. He is also regularly sought out by local and national television, radio and print media as an expert legal analyst. In 2012, Peter was appointed to serve as one of three Special Assistant State's Attorneys representing five county clerks to defend Illinois' marriage law in the Cook County Circuit Court. He has represented numerous pro-family organizations, including the National Organization for Marriage and Illinois Family Institute.
About the Thomas More Society
Thomas More Society is a not-for-profit, national public interest law firm that exists to restore respect in law for life, marriage, and religious liberty. Based in Chicago, the Thomas More Society defends and fosters support for these causes by providing high quality pro bono legal services, from local trial courts all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Thomas More Society is leading the defense of Illinois' natural marriage law against lawsuits filed by the ACLU and Lambda Legal to legalize homosexual marriage. At the beginning of 2013, Thomas More Society issued three educational letters to Illinois Legislators warning them of the grave harm that SB10, the "Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act," would have on the State. Thomas More Society represented the Family Research Council as a "friend of the Court" in both the Proposition 8 and DOMA cases before the United States Supreme Court. The Society has also provided counsel to the National Organization for Marriage and the Illinois Family Institute, among many other clients.
