Last Wednesday the Illinois House Human Services Committee approved bill HB1826, which would allow gay Illinois couples to enter into civil unions with the same legal rights as marriage. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, now moves to the House floor to be voted on this spring. (0) comments

by Simon Russell/columnist

Faith. An elusive commodity. For millennia, Theologians have mused its qualities: if we find Faith, how much is enough? When we find it, how should it be displayed - should we "show a little," or should we simply "have" Faith? Is a Faith based in doubt truer, more appealing - more honest even - than a Faith that shouts its firmly-resolute convictions from the mountain-tops? Is doubt not the very essence of Faith, rather than its opposite (can one ever be certain of doubt)? It's enough to make your head spin; this proliferation of paradox, this diluvium of discombobulation. (0) comments