Pat Brady's new job is lobbying for passage of a gay marriage bill
in Illinois.
Brady stepped down from his post as the chairman of the Illinois
Republican party in May, four months after he announced his support
for a proposed marriage bill in Illinois.
According
to ChicagoPride.com, Brady's nascent firm, Next Generation Party,
has been hired by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of
Illinois to lobby other Republicans on the issue. Brady and Matt
Straw, a former chairman of the Iowa Republican Party, co-founded the
company.
“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 radio. “So I don't have any qualms with
that, and I'm really excited to help work with them and get this done
right in Illinois.”
The marriage bill stalled earlier this year in the House after
passage in the Senate on Valentine's Day. Rep. Greg Harris, the
measure's champion in the House, has pledged a vote sometime in the
fall.