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Gay Marriage may be the next big thing to come to Illinois. Today we’re talking to Illinois State Representative, Greg Harris- he’s been working for gay rights for years, he’s HIV+ and he’s fabulous!

Greg replaced Larry Mckeon, who was also openly gay and HIV+ when he retired in 2006. Since then Greg’s run unopposed in this overwhelmingly Democratic district.

Listen as Greg gives us a behind the scenes look at life as a State Rep, the state of marriage equality and Health Care Reform.

Greg stands apart from his peers by embracing new media, keeping his people informed by updating his Facebook status from the floor of the State’s capitol. It is certainly exciting to follow the ups and downs of his efforts to bring a successful marriage equality bill to the state of Illinois.

Facebook is great but why don’t politicians use Twitter to keep their constituents informed?

Greg takes questions from you through our Facebook page and talks about why there aren’t more openly gay politicians, why that state passed a resolution honoring Michael Jackson and weighs in on all the crazy Governors- Palin, Sanford, Spitzer and Blagojevich.

Are we pushing President Obama enough for gay rights?

Moonwalking for Hate- Westboro Baptist Church or are they Shirley Phelp’s Kids’ parody Michael Jackson’s song “Beat It”- are they for real?

And one simple, easy thing you can do to bring about political change in your part of the world.

Make a comment on today’s show using twitter- Include #fof1027 in your update for it to magically appear on the site. To learn more about Twitter hashtags and how the work, please visit the Twitter Fan Wiki.

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