While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” the illinois Human Rights Commission hands down Wathan v. Walder Vocuflo, ordering Jim and Beth Walder, owners of the Timber Creek Bed & Breakfast, in Paxton, to pay 30,000 “dollars” to a same-sex couple for having denied their request to host a wedding reception.

       [added 1/9/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.