Illinois Compiled Statutes

750 ILCS 80/1 (2026)

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(750 ILCS 80/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-597, eff. 6-1-14.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2016 IL 118781 (Ill. 2016).
Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2016 IL 118781 (Ill. 2016). “June 1, 2014) (adding 750 ILCS 80/1 et seq. (West 2014)). More recently, the Parentage Act of 1984 was repealed (in its entirety) by the 2015 enactment of Public Act 99-85, which replaced it with the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015.”
Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2016 IL 118781 (Ill. 2017). “June 1, 2014) (adding 750 ILCS 80/1 et seq. (West 2014)). More recently, the Parentage Act of 1984 was repealed (in its entirety) by the 2015 enactment of Public Act 99-85, which replaced it with the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015.”
Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2014 IL App (1st) 132250 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “June 1, 2014) (adding 750 ILCS 80/1 et seq.). The 22 No. 1-13-2250 express purpose of the new Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act is "to provide same-sex and different-sex couples and their children equal access to the status, benefits, protections, rights and…”
In re Marriage of Allen, 2016 IL App (1st) 151620 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “(West 2010) (Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act), and 750 ILCS 80/1 et seq. (West 2014) (Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act)).”
In re Marriage of Allen, 2016 IL App (1st) 151620 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “(West 2010) (Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act), and 750 ILCS 80/1 et seq. (West 2014) (Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act)).”
Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2016 IL 118781 (Ill. 2016). “June 1, 2014) (adding 750 ILCS 80/1 et seq. (West 2014)). More recently, the Parentage Act of 1984 was repealed (in its entirety) by the 2015 enactment of Public Act 99-85, which replaced it with the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015.”
Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2016 IL 118781 (Ill. 2016). “June 1, 2014) (adding 750 ILCS 80/1 et seq. (West 2014)). More recently, the Parentage Act of 1984 was repealed (in its entirety) by the 2015 enactment of Public Act 99-85, which replaced it with the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015.”
In re Marriage of Allen, 2016 IL App (1st) 151620 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “(West 2012)), and legally recognized same-sex marriage in a law that took effect on June 1, 2014 (750 ILCS 80/1 (West 2014)). We rejected the contention that Brewer was attempting to retroactively define the parties' relationship as a marriage or create a common law marriage in…”
In re Marriage of Sawyer, 2025 IL App (5th) 240481-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “The Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act (750 ILCS 80/1 et seq. (West 2018)) provides that “[a]ll laws of this State applicable to marriage, whether they derive from statute, administrative or court rule, policy, common law, or any other source of civil or criminal law,…”
In re Marriage of Allen, 2016 IL App (1st) 151620 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “(West 2012)), and legally recognized same-sex marriage in a law that took effect on June 1, 2014 (750 ILCS 80/1 (West 2014)). We rejected the contention that Brewer was attempting to retroactively define the parties' relationship as a marriage or create a common law marriage in…”
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