Written by Laurie Higgins
Everyone should listen to three segments of the most recent school board meeting in the continually controversial District U-46. These segments offer a picture of the type of collision between wisdom and foolishness that should be taking place in every government school right now. The wise and courageous heroes in this collision are school board member Jeanette Ward and community member Ina Silva-Sobolewski. The fools include the relentlessly sanctimonious and indignant Veronica Noland and her ideological ally Melissa Owens as well as appointed board member John Devereux, board president Donna Smith, the district’s chief legal counsel Miguel Rodriguez, and staff attorney Luis Rodriguez (no relation to chief legal counsel).… Continue Reading
Tags: Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Donna Smith, Human Rights Act, Ina Silva-Sobolewski, Jeanette Ward, Jeanne Ives, John Devereux, Luis Rodriguez, Melissa Owens, Miguel Rodriguez, Tony Sanders, U-46, Veronica Noland
Education, LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | 
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Written by Laurie Higgins
“Jennifer” Pritzker is playing macho hardball with the GOP, issuing an ultimatum: Change the GOP positions on all matters related to deviant sexuality or he’ll take his ball of money and stomp home. And by home, I mean the Democratic Party.
As most Illinoisans know, the billionaire cousin of our loo-less billionaire governor J.B. Pritzker is “Jennifer” Pritzker, a husky 69-year-old man who, after retiring from his 27-year Army career now pretends to be a woman—a Republican woman.… Continue Reading
Tags: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Chicago Tribune, Gender Dysphoria, Hyatt hotel, J. B. Pritzker, Jennifer Pritzker, National Transgender Discrimination Survey, Republican Party, Transgender, Washington Post
Illinois Politics, LGBTQ Agenda, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith | January 14, 2019 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The “Trans”-Identifying Pritzker Issues Ultimatum to GOP
Written by Peter Heck
The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome begins with an indictment of the corruption surrounding them that is chilling in its parallels to contemporary American society. If you doubt me, go read Romans 1, verses 21 through 32, and just try to pretend it isn’t as though Paul is writing a response to our frontpage headlines.
I find myself being drawn back to this passage nearly every time I go to write on the most recent pop culture trend or societal debacle brought on by Orwellian-named progressivism. … Continue Reading
Tags: False Teachers, gender confusion, Gender Dysphoria, Jim Wallis, non-binary, Peter Heck, Stephens College, Transgender
Faith & Religion, LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | January 4, 2019 7:00 AM | Comments Off on What Can a Christian Do When Up is Down, Right is Wrong, Regressive is Progressive, Boy is Girl?
Written by Peter Heck
I know my title may be a bit presumptuous but something dawned on me as I watched the Kevin Hart being unceremoniously forced out of his gig as host of the Academy Awards show: the same people who for years have insisted that Bible-believing Christians are sour, stuff-shirt, legalistic prudes have been projecting. It’s a little embarrassing that it’s taken me this long to figure it out.
And I don’t just mean the obvious hypocrisy. … Continue Reading
Written by Denise Shick
Well, it’s official now: Jazz Jennings – born 18 years ago as Jared, with normally functioning male parts – now has female parts.
Despite a “complication” requiring a second procedure, Jazz is happy to tell her throngs of adoring fans that her surgery was a success and that now “I just get to be myself, be in the body that I’ve always wanted.”
In case you missed it somewhere along the way – as you worked those long, hard hours scraping up enough money to pay the rent and feed your family – in 2007, when Jared was just seven years old, he became the poster-child for childhood transgenderism.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
Welcome to a special edition of Illinois Family Spotlight featuring IFI’s Cultural Analyst and self-described “accidental activist,” Laurie Higgins. In an address given at Grace Fellowship Church in the western suburbs, Laurie talks about what she feels is the most significant revolution in history – the Trans Revolution. She delineates the distinctions of biological sex, gender, gender identity, and cis-gender.
Laurie also discusses gender dysphoria, social contagion, desistance, detransitioning, and the controversial use of puberty blockers.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
In this special edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, we are revisiting a timeless presentation regarding the definition of marriage. Today we’re broadcasting, for the first time, a keynote address that was given by Laurie Higgins, IFI’s Cultural Affairs writer, at Illinois Family Institute’s 2011 Marriage Symposium. While Mrs. Higgins’ speech was presented nearly seven years ago, her information and insights are as pertinent now as they were before the U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by Laurie Higgins
Maybe Illinois conservatives, beaten down by Illinois politics and bad governance, badgered by fellow Republicans, and panicking because they focus too much on the short-term nightmarish picture they see before their eyes, will at the last moment fold and vote for Bruce Rauner. That would be a huge mistake.
The long-term health of the party, the state, and the nation depends not solely or even centrally on tax rates for businesses but on issues related to respect for human life, marriage, and sexuality.… Continue Reading
Tags: Aurora Pride Parade, Bruce Rauner, Cecile Richards, Equality Illinois, Illinois Democratic Party, Illinois Republican Party, J. B. Pritzker, Margaret Sanger, Michael Madigan, Pat Brady, Planned Parenthood, Robert George
Illinois Politics, LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | June 19, 2018 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Gubernatorial Election: What to Do, What to Do…
Written by John Biver and David E. Smith
Illinois Republicans never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Whether it is reaching enough Illinoisans with the facts about the dire fiscal state of Illlinois or about the terrible consequences of the misnamed “Equal Rights Amendment,” GOP leaders can’t seem to make use of the many teachable moments that occur weekly in Illinois politics.
One such teachable moment presented itself in a shocking investigative report by the Chicago Tribune on pervasive child sexual abuse within the Chicago Public School system that exposed that “Over a decade, police investigated more than 520 cases of juvenile sexual assault and abuse in Chicago’s public schools.”
Despite the shocking nature of the abuses outlined in the report, there has been virtually no response from Illinois Republican “leaders.” Where is the proactive, sustained and appropriate expression of outrage coming from GOP Chairman Tim Schneider, Governor Bruce Rauner, State Senator Bill Brady and State Representative Jim Durkin?… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Brady, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Tribune, Illinois GOP, Jim Durkin, Mike Madigan, sex abuse scand, Tim Mapes, Tim Schneider
Illinois Politics, LGBTQ Agenda, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | June 14, 2018 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Illinois Republicans Miss the Target in Target-Rich Environment–Again
Written by Elad Hakim
Republicans and Democrats agree on little these days. This is especially true when it comes to certain social issues. For example, many Republicans believe in the traditional definition of marriage (man and woman). Democrats, on the other hand, take a much broader approach. Republicans tend to believe that a person is born as a man or a woman and that science dictates one’s sex. Democrats have a different view. One thing is certain: the country is currently on a left-leaning, steep, and slippery slope to the abyss.… Continue Reading
