Former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady has been hired by the state’s American Civil Liberties Union chapter to lobby passage of a same-sex marriage bill.
The ACLU hired Next Generation Public Affairs, which Brady co-founded, after leaving his job running the Illinois Republican Party, according to Chicago’s WBEZ 91.5 on Tuesday.
Brady said his focus will be pushing Republicans in the Illinois House of Representatives to help pass a same-sex marriage bill this fall. Brady added that he did not have a problem working with the ACLU.
“Liberty, freedom and equality under the law are all things that Republicans and conservatives have believed in for a long, long time,” Brady told WBEZ, adding that he didn’t “have any qualms with that” and that he is “really excited to help work with them and get this done right in Illinois.”
Brady left his job at the Illinois GOP in early May after expressing support for same-sex marriage. Brady’s comments resulted in 50 members of the Illinois Republican Party calling for his ouster.
