Gay lawmakers put faces on the struggle for rights

Rahm Emanuel, right, then a Chicago mayoral candidate, greets state Rep. Deborah Mell after remarks at a campaign stop with leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Chicago. Mell, a civil unions advocate who announced her engagement to partner Christin Baker on the House floor last year, said, "When you look someone in the eyes, it's a little harder for them to deny that we should have the same rights."