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		<title>The Erasure of Women Comes to the U.S. Supreme Court</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<div>On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the cases of <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/2025/24-38" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Little v. Hecox</em></a> and <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/2025/24-43" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>West Virginia v. B.P.J.</em></a> The plaintiffs are suing Idaho and West Virginia, respectively, for enacting laws that expressly prohibit men from competing in women’s athletics.
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<div>During oral arguments, Justice <strong>Ketanji Brown Jackson</strong> expressed her concerns. More specifically, she asked attorneys to defend why their clients are telling boys who pretend to be girls that they may not participate in girls’ sports.</div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/31261/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Durbin and Duckworth Are Okay With Men in Women’s Sports</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>

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<p>In January, the U.S.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/03/durbin-and-duckworth-are-okay-with-men-in-womens-sports/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Riley Gaines Responds (Again) to NCAA&#8217;s Transgender Foolishness</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/12/riley-gaines-responds-again-to-ncaas-transgender-foolishness/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Former competitive swimmer turned political activist <strong>Riley Gaines</strong> has gained significant public attention for her outspoken advocacy for common sense in women&#8217;s sports. Specifically, she became an activist for preserving women&#8217;s sports for biological females only. She argues that allowing biological males to compete in women&#8217;s sports can lead to unfair advantages due to physical differences that persist even after hormone therapy.</p>
<p>But even more troubling, and a focal point of her concerns, is the issue of privacy and safety.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/12/riley-gaines-responds-again-to-ncaas-transgender-foolishness/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Children Do Best When They Have a Mother and Father Bound to Each Other in Marriage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<p>Progressives frequently point fingers at those who disagree with them, calling them deplorables, Bible-thumping rubes and science deniers. Yet without fail, our accusers rarely provide any evidence to support their claims. The leftists’ call to “respect the science,” i.e., look at the obvious empirical evidence, almost always works against them rather than for them and their utopian schemes.</p>
<p>This is true across the spectrum of the current political debate. Be it inflation, foreign policy, immigration, racism, the efficacy of masks, climate change or gender identity, when we look at the empirical data relevant to any of these topics, the science screams that progressives are wrong and conservatives have been right all along.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/07/children-do-best-when-they-have-a-mother-and-father-bound-to-each-other-in-marriage/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Battling Cultural Marxists: Courageous Conservatives Needed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>The growing divide in the United States isn’t merely political. It runs far deeper than that. It’s a struggle between those intent on using government and corporate power to turn America into a Marxist version of Sodom and Gomorrah and those resisting this radical transformation.</p>
<p>Political pundits and Republican moderates who dismiss the culture war as a sideshow are missing it. A wave is building. People are awakening to the immense damage that the left is doing on all fronts and are pushing back.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/09/battling-cultural-marxists-courageous-conservatives-needed/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: Taking a Stand: Riley Gaines</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/08/spotlight-taking-a-stand-riley-gaines/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>In this special episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, <strong>Monte Larrick</strong> sits down with award-winning swimmer and speaker, <strong>Riley Gaines</strong>.</p>
<p>Riley Gaines was a member of the University of Kentucky’s <strong>NCAA</strong> swim team and the 2022 Southeastern Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Scholar of the Year.</p>
<p>In March of 2022, Riley Gaines, along with her teammates, was forced to share a locker room and swim alongside a biological male, <strong>Will Thomas</strong>.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/08/spotlight-taking-a-stand-riley-gaines/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Fake Science and Totalitarian Temptation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Robert Knight</em></p>
<p>Did you know that a recent national survey found that nearly half (48 percent) of Democrat voters want to fine or imprison people who publicly question on social media the efficacy of COVID-19 shots?</p>
<p>The same Rasmussen poll says 59 percent of Democrat voters approve the use of government power to confine unvaccinated people to their homes except in emergencies.</p>
<p>And you thought we could all just get along and agree to disagree.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/03/fake-science-and-totalitarian-temptation/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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