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		<title>Rep. David Welter Runs as a Republican BUT Votes &#038; Campaigns with Democrats!</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/10/state-rep-david-welter-why-run-as-a-republican-and-then-vote-with-the-democrats/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Welter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JB Pritzker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Cassidy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by John Biver</em></p>
<p>In recent years Illinois has been experiencing fiscal and moral decay at an alarming rate. Leftist policies championed by the <a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=117717"><strong>Democratic Party</strong></a> are the cause. Plain and simple. Voters unhappy with the state’s decline often look to the <a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws.index.php?pid=117718">Republican Party</a> to provide leadership to combat and reverse that decline. The problem is this &#8212; too many David Welter-like Republicans have been elected to office.</p>
<p>Republican State Rep. <strong>David Welter</strong>, who represents the 75th district which is centered in Morris, Illinois, and includes parts of Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, and Will counties, votes with the Democrats on too many important issues.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/10/state-rep-david-welter-why-run-as-a-republican-and-then-vote-with-the-democrats/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>#StopERA</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/05/stopera/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 11:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage, Family & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERA]]></category>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>TAKE ACTION:</strong></span> <a href="https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/equal-rights-amendment-a-war-on-women/">Please contact</a> your state representative by phone and email and encourage him/her to VOTE NO on the ERA (Bill #SJRCA4). The Capitol switchboard number is (217) 782-2000. Call and asked to be transferred to your his or her office to leave a message with their administrative assistant.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/05/stopera/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;Emphasizing LGBTQIA History in Public Schools&#8221; (Illinois Family Spotlight #092)</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/emphasizing-lgbtqia-history-in-public-schools-illinois-family-spotlight-092/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 07:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Laurie Higgins joins David Smith and Monte Larrick to discuss the Illinois Senate&#8217;s ratification of the ERA, and they also discuss the LGBTQIA history curriculum legislation currently in consideration in the Illinois General Assembly.</p>
<p>Can the ERA be stopped in Illinois now that it has passed the state senate? &#8220;Yes,&#8221; Laurie Higgins said, because the &#8220;ERA actually says nothing about women.&#8221; The language of the proposed amendment does signal, however, that it will eradicate abortion restrictions and it will end sex differentiation in private spaces.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/emphasizing-lgbtqia-history-in-public-schools-illinois-family-spotlight-092/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: The Consequences of Implementing the ERA</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/spotlight-the-consequences-of-implementing-the-era/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elise Bouc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stop ERA Illinois]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by John Biver</em></p>
<p>Monte Larrick recently caught up with <strong>Elise Bouc, </strong>the State Chairwoman of Stop ERA Illinois. They discuss the push to ratify the <a href="http://eagleforum.org/topics/era.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Equal Rights Amendment</a> to the United State&#8217;s Constitution, only requiring two more states to approve it before it becomes a federal amendment.</p>

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<p><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Background</b></span></p>
<p>When the ERA was stopped back in the 1970s, people understood that the wording of the Amendment was flawed, Bouc explains, and we need to remove the discussion of &#8220;equal opportunities&#8221; for women from this poorly worded proposal.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/spotlight-the-consequences-of-implementing-the-era/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Long Train of Abuses: Illinois Conservatives Need to Use Their Power Especially Tomorrow</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/long-train-of-abuses-illinois-conservatives-need-to-use-their-power-especially-tomorrow/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Rauner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Declaration of Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeanne Ives]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by John Biver</em></p>
<p>Tomorrow at Republican Party County Conventions across the state, conservatives will be engaging in the battle. I have never been more encouraged about the prospects for the success of those supporting the right policy reforms within the next few years than I am now.</p>
<p>When Bruce Rauner signed HB 40 and made it legal for pro-aborts to use your tax dollars to fund the murder of unborn babies, several Republican leaders in our General Assembly condemned Rauner and supported a challenger against him in the primary.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/long-train-of-abuses-illinois-conservatives-need-to-use-their-power-especially-tomorrow/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Consequences of Implementing the ERA (Illinois Family Spotlight #090)</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/the-consequences-of-implementing-the-era-illinois-family-spotlight-090/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 05:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Elise Bouc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stop ERA Illinois]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Monte Larrick recently caught up with <strong>Elise Bouc, </strong>the State Chairwoman of Stop ERA Illinois. They discuss the push to ratify the <a href="http://eagleforum.org/topics/era.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Equal Rights Amendment</a> to the United State&#8217;s Constitution, only requiring two more states to approve it before it becomes a federal amendment.</p>
<p>Please contact your state representative and ask him or her to please vote NO on the Equal Rights Amendment.</p>
<p>When the ERA was stopped back in the 1970s, people understood that the wording of the Amendment was flawed, Bouc explains, and we need to separate the discussion of &#8220;equal opportunities&#8221; for women from this proposal.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/the-consequences-of-implementing-the-era-illinois-family-spotlight-090/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pro-Life Groups Withdraw Support from Republican Senators that Supported the ERA</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/pro-life-leaders-withdraw-support-from-pro-life-state-senators-that-supported-the-era/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonnie Quirke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Nybo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawn Behnke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elise Bouc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason A. Barickman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John F]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen McConnaughay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Connelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pamela Althoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phyllis Schlafly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Rivera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverend Robert Vanden Bosch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Rezin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Rooney]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by John Biver</em></p>
<p>The leaders of six pro-life organizations issued a public statement on Friday criticizing the 8 Republican state senators who joined the Democrats this past week to pass the “Equal Rights” Amendment (ERA).</p>
<p>In the letter, the pro-life leaders mention that left-wing U.S. Supreme Court Justice <strong>Ruth Bader Ginsburg</strong> has admitted that the “intended scope of the ERA is to greatly increase the scrutiny of pro-life legislation.”</p>
<p>A vote for the ERA is a vote for overturning abortion restrictions and enshrining abortion rights in the U.S.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/pro-life-leaders-withdraw-support-from-pro-life-state-senators-that-supported-the-era/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: The Equal Rights Amendment is a War on Women</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/spotlight-the-era-is-a-war-on-women/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage, Family & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctity of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elise Bouc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phyllis Schlafly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stop ERA Illinois]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Benjamin Smith</em></p>
<p><strong>Elise Bouc</strong> is the State Chairwoman of <strong><em>Stop ERA Illinois</em></strong>. She joins Monte and Dave on this week&#8217;s podcast to discuss the extensive negative consequences of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the state of Illinois and the nation.</p>
<p><strong>Phyllis Schlafly, Beverly LaHaye, </strong>and former state representative <strong>Penny Pullen </strong>were champions of battling and exposing the ERA because of the harm to women. And one unlikely woman confirmed their grave concerns.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/05/spotlight-the-era-is-a-war-on-women/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>IFA-pac Endorses Dr. Jay Kinzler in the 6th District GOP Congressional Race</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/ifa-pac-endorses-dr-jay-kinzler-in-the-6th-district-gop-congressional-race/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Marter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Kinzler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Kirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Roskam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom Restoration Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://kinzlerforcongress.com/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5684" src="http://ifaction.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/KinzlerFor6th.jpg" alt="KinzlerFor6th" width="600" height="328" srcset="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/KinzlerFor6th.jpg 600w, https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/KinzlerFor6th-300x164.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a></p>
<p>The Illinois Family Action (IFA) Board of Directors enthusiastically endorses <strong>Dr. Jay Kinzler</strong> for U.S. Congress in Illinois’ 6<sup>th</sup> District. Kinzler, a medical doctor and Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, fully understands the importance of family, the sanctity of life, and the definition of marriage. Dr. Kinzler has a proven record in local government reining in waste and corruption. His commitment to accountability in government will help efforts to stop the continued out-of-control spending in Congress.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/ifa-pac-endorses-dr-jay-kinzler-in-the-6th-district-gop-congressional-race/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nine Reasons to Reject Equal Rights Amendment</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/05/nine-reasons-to-reject-equal-rights-amendment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Illinois Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage, Family & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equal Rights Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lou Lang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Madigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Quinn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on Women]]></category>
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<p><em>Written by Kathy Valente</em></p>
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<p>Last week the Illinois Senate voted <a href="http://illinoisfamily.org/110files/uploads/2014/05/ERA-Senate-Vote.pdf" target="_blank"><span>39 to 11</span></a> to pass <a href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SJRCA/PDF/09800SC0075lv.pdf" target="_blank">SJRCA 75</a>, the dangerous Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), the effort to amend the U.S. Constitution to say: “Equality of rights under law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.”</p>
<p>This legislation is now in the Illinois House for consideration and debate.  State Representative <strong>Lou Lang</strong> (D-Skokie) is the chief sponsor.  </p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/05/nine-reasons-to-reject-equal-rights-amendment/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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