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		<title>The Real Reason They’re Attacking Riley Gaines</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/the-reason-theyre-attacking-riley-gaines/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dana Pico</em></p>
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<p>Judging from my Twitter — I refuse to call it — feed, the talking points <a href="https://x.com/tonyposnanski/status/1983177044772192345">memo</a> has <a href="https://x.com/Ally_Sammarco/status/1983355405662335173">gone out</a>: the left <a href="https://x.com/AOC/status/1982956276679057643">must attack</a> Riley Gaines Barker, the former <a href="https://x.com/JDCocchiarella/status/1982950118606372941">University of Kentucky swimmer</a> who is now a vocal advocate for protecting women’s sports from men males who think they’re somehow women. It’s no surprise to me that the very lovely Amanda Marcotte had to join in; hat tip to Carol Marks of The Victory Girls for <a href="https://victorygirlsblog.com/amanda-marcotte-riley-gaines-response/">pointing out this article</a>.</p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/the-reason-theyre-attacking-riley-gaines/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can We Trust Kamala to “Fight Hate?”</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/11/can-we-trust-kamala-to-fight-hate/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Ecce Verum</em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We&#8217;re in the final days of the election season now. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe you&#8217;ve already voted. Maybe you&#8217;re still trying to decide. Regardless of anything I or anyone else writes to sway you one way or another, I pray God gives you the wisdom to honor Him in good conscience with your ballot. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walk before Him in righteousness. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yet, I do think that He often uses other human voices to help guide us into wisdom, and I hope I&#8217;m able to contribute a little truth here and there to that end.</span>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/11/can-we-trust-kamala-to-fight-hate/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wacky Walz: The 10 Most Radical Acts of Kamala’s Running Mate</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/08/wacky-walz-the-10-most-radical-acts-of-kamalas-running-mate/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Daniel Horowitz</em></p>
<p>The election is a choice between San Francisco and Minneapolis anarcho-tyranny and Middle American ordered liberty. That must be the message every day from the Trump campaign now that Harris has tethered her San Francisco poop and drug fest to the infernos of <strong>Tim Walz</strong>’s Minneapolis riots.</p>
<p>Minnesota’s governor embodies anarcho-tyranny like no one before him. Democrats now contradict the social compact outlined in the preamble of the U.S. Constitution — “to establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare.”&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/08/wacky-walz-the-10-most-radical-acts-of-kamalas-running-mate/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SCOTUS Unleashes the Left’s Outrage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>You know it’s a good sign when President<strong> Joe Biden</strong> and lefty celebrities go bat crazy.</p>
<p>At a press conference in Spain, Mr. Biden trashed the U.S. Supreme Court as “destabilizing” because of its “outrageous” rulings on abortion and guns. He pledged to do an end-run on the U.S. Senate filibuster to pass a national abortion bill.</p>
<p>On June 24, a 6-3 court majority overturned <em>Roe v. Wade</em> in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization</em></a>.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/07/scotus-unleashes-the-lefts-outrage/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;Free Exercise of Religion on Display in the Capitol&#8221; (Illinois Family Spotlight #125)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This edition spotlights the nativity in the state capitol with <strong>Thomas Brejcha</strong> from the Thomas More Society.</p>
<p>Tom and <strong>Monte Larrick</strong> discuss free speech, <a href="http://americannativityscene.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bringing nativity scenes</a> to state capitols nationwide, religious freedom at risk in Illinois with democratic supermajorities and governor, what the Thomas More Society does over the country, sidewalk counseling and the bubble-zone lawsuit, an update on lawsuits combating taxpayer funding of abortion and Illinois&#8217; abortion referral law, a threat to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the importance of retaining Illinois&#8217; parental notification of abortion, and legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/the-free-exercise-of-religion-on-display-in-the-state-capitol-spotlight-125/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Anthony Kennedy Has Important Parting Advice for Liberals</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/06/anthony-kennedy-has-important-parting-advice-for-liberals/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>This week&#8217;s U.S. Supreme Court <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-1140_5368.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a> in <em><a href="http://www.adflegal.org/detailspages/case-details/national-institute-of-family-and-life-advocates-v.-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIFLA v. Becerra</a> </em>should drive a stake into the heart of an Illinois law that requires pro-life medical professionals to refer patients for medical procedures/services they find morally objectionable such as abortion, sterilization and certain end-of-life care protocols.</p>
<p>This tyrannical legislation (SB 1564) was <a href="https://illinoisfamily.org/life/gov-rauner-kills-conscience-rights-by-signing-killing-sb-1564/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> by Republican impostor <strong>Bruce Rauner</strong> and sponsored by Chicago Democrats. In writing the majority opinion of the Court, Justice <strong>Anthony Kennedy</strong> offers some constructive criticism to totalitarian policy-makers:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">[B]egin by reading the First Amendment as ratified in 1791; to understand the history of autho<span class="text_exposed_show">ritarian government as the Founders then knew it; to confirm that history since then shows how relentless authoritarian regimes are in their attempts to stifle free speech; and to carry those lessons onward as we seek to preserve and teach the necessity of freedom of speech for the generations to come.</span></span></p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/06/anthony-kennedy-has-important-parting-advice-for-liberals/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stein: Hollywood &#8216;Bullies&#8217; Silencing Political Debate</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/01/media-ben-stein-hollywood-bullies-silencing-political-debate/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="selectionShareable"><em>Written by Michael F. Haverluck</em></p>
<p class="selectionShareable">With actors continued bashing of President-elect <strong>Donald Trump</strong> ever since he defeated his Democratic rival <strong>Hillary Clinton</strong> in November’s presidential election, actor and economist <strong>Ben Stein</strong> blasted most of Hollywood as being a “bunch of thuggish bullies” who try to silence those with opposing political views.</p>
<p class="selectionShareable">When reflecting on his past work in the entertainment industry, including <em>Ferris Bueller’s Day Off</em> and <em>Win Ben Stein’s Money</em>, the conservative critic took on those who use acting as a stage to dictate public discussion on political matters.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/01/media-ben-stein-hollywood-bullies-silencing-political-debate/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alderman Moreno and Religious Bigotry</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by <strong>David E. Smith</strong>, IFA Executive Director</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Chickfila_Alderman.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-738" title="Chickfila_Alderman" src="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Chickfila_Alderman.jpg" alt="" width="464" height="234" srcset="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Chickfila_Alderman.jpg 516w, https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Chickfila_Alderman-300x151.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px" /></a></p>
<p>“Sophomoric.” That is Chicago Democrat and Alderman Joe Moreno’s <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-25/news/ct-met-chicago-chick-fil-a-0726-20120726_1_gay-marriage-legal-challenge-open-arms" target="_blank">response</a></span> to those of us who say his threat against Chick-fil-A is intolerant, hypocritical and discriminatory.</p>
<p>As it turns out, the political pundits and legal scholars &#8212; including scores of self-professed “progressives” &#8212; have almost uniformly argued that the alderman’s actions are discriminatory and illegal.  Even the ACLU admits that this is “viewpoint discrimination.” The religious bigotry couldn’t be clearer.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2012/07/alderman-moreno-and-religious-bigotry/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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