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'Modern Family' star in suburbs to support gay marriage

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson, a star on ABC's "Modern Family," and his fiancee Justin Mikita, left, speak Wednesday at The Tie Bar office in Naperville to launch "Bow Tie Lobby Day" to support marriage equality.

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Randall Kohout, 11, his mom Cary Podan and her wife, Tiffany Popdam, far right, talk with Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon on Wednesday at The Tie Bar office in Naperville.

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Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon talks with Phyllis Levin on Wednesday at The Tie Bar office in Naperville while promoting "Bow Tie Lobby Day" to support marriage equality.

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Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon speaks Wednesday at The Tie Bar office in Naperville with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, a star on ABC's "Modern Family," and his fiancee Justin Mikita, left, to launch "Bow Tie Lobby Day" to support marriage equality.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon speaks Wednesday at The Tie Bar office in Naperville with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, a star of ABC's "Modern Family." The two were in town to launch Bow Tie Lobby Day, which supports marriage equality in Illinois.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

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An Emmy-nominated actor and Illinois politicians are using a fashion statement to make a political statement. Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, a star of ABC's comedy "Modern Family," traveled to Naperville and Chicago Wednesday to launch Bow Tie Lobby Day. The idea was to encourage marriage equality advocates to contact their state legislators on Wednesday and then don their bow ties on Thursday for a Bow Tie Lobby Day in Springfield.

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