SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A bill to make Illinois the 13th state in the country to recognize same-sex marriage failed to win final approval on Friday before the state legislature adjourns until the fall.The measure, which the state Senate approved in February, did not come up for a vote in the state House of Representatives before it adjourned. Its chief sponsor vowed to seek a vote on the bill later this year.The bill would have made Illinois the third Midwestern state to allow same-sex couples to marry, after Minnesota and Iowa.
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