Bolingbrook Golf Club's Civil Union Event Canceled

The civil union celebration scheduled to be held at the tonight has been cancelled village officials and event coordinators confirmed.

In April, Dream Gay Weddings announced it would host a tonight at the golf club to help mark June 1, the first day civil unions will be allowed in Illinois. The event was reported to have more than 60 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender couples set to get hitched, and more than 600 well-wishers set to attend the reception.

Instead, the event has been canceled because of a lack of participation, golf club officials said.

“We do not know exactly how many couples they had sign up for the event, but they generated significantly less interest than they anticipated,” said Mike Williams, general manager of the golf club.

But Cheryl Hooten, a wedding planner with Dream Gay Weddings, said that was not the case.

Hooten declined to further explain what she meant.

Dream Gay Weddings is a Michigan-based company that helps celebrate civil unions on the first day that gay marriage or civil unions become available in a particular state.

Dream Gay Weddings was also scheduled to partner with the  hotel for a fundraiser that would benefit the It Gets Better Project, an organization that supports young people who are lesbian, gay, bi, or trans that have been picked on or bullied.

Hooten said that event is also unlikely to be held.

For more information on Dream Gay Weddings, click HERE.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed the civil unions bill in December. For more on that story, click .