TOP FROM LEFT: U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush, Jesse Jackson Jr., and Jan Schakowsky (right, with her sister Debby Stillerman). BELOW LEFT: Scott Simon was the keynote speaker and the notebook he is holding is from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assn. It r

Pictured are politicians and supporters of the ACLU of Illinois at the group’s annual Bill of Rights awards dinner. Awards were presented to Fay Clayton, Dawn Clark Netsch, Victor Stone, Ruth Belzer, Nancy Rosen, Ann Rothschild, and the Hon. Danny Davis, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Ray LaHood, Bobby Rush and Jan Schakowsky