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		<title>The Fight For Your Kids’ Mind: HB 4966</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>In this important episode, <strong>David Smith</strong> sits down with <strong>David Curtin</strong> to discuss <a href="https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4966&#38;GAID=18&#38;DocTypeID=HB&#38;LegId=166330&#38;SessionID=114" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>House Bill 4966</strong></a>– legislation aimed to expand <strong>DCFS</strong> services and limit counseling options for gender confused youths.</p>
<p>David Curtin is a veteran pro-life advocate, political consultant, and a lobbyist for the <a href="https://illinoisfamily.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois Family Institute</a> among other organizations.</p>
<p>In the second half of this episode, Illinois Senator <strong>Chris Balkema</strong> (R-Pontiac) discusses the behind the scenes realities of the political battles in Springfield from the effort to defund abortion to the fight against physician-assisted suicide.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/04/the-fight-for-your-kids-mind-hb-4966/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An 8–1 SCOTUS Warning Shot Illinois Can’t Ignore</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David Curtin, </em></p>
<p>The U.S. Supreme Court does not hand down <strong>8–1 rulings very often</strong>, especially on culture-war issues. So when this Court—<em>this</em> Court—lands almost unanimously on one side, it’s an earthquake.</p>
<p>Justices <strong>John Roberts</strong>, <strong>Elena Kagan</strong>, <strong>Sonia Sotomayor</strong>, AND the Court’s conservatives all converged to say a particular law in Colorado was unconstitutional. Cue the earthquake.</p>
<p>The case has to do with &#8220;conversion therapy.&#8221; The term has been deceitfully used by LGBTQ proponents for many years to equate it with a barbaric practice.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/04/an-8-1-scotus-warning-shot-illinois-cant-ignore/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: DCFS in Illinois</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/spotlight-dcfs-in-illinois/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>In this important episode of Spotlight, Illinois State Representative <strong>Jed Davis</strong> (R-Yorkville) shares about the upcoming Lame Duck session in the Illinois Legislature and troubling concerns that he sees with the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS).</p>
<p>Rep. Davis has a civil engineering degree, and served as board president for Yorkville’s Parkview Christian Academy.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">&#8220;The state is running around investigating families and the people leading these investigations are interns who lack the experience.&#8221;</span></p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/spotlight-dcfs-in-illinois/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
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