Maggie Gallagher https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:38:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Maggie Gallagher https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Gallagher: Believers, Conservatives Need to ‘Man Up’ https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/11/gallagher-believers-conservatives-need-to-man-up/ Sat, 18 Nov 2017 10:00:25 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8352 Written by Steve Jordahl

The 2016 elections were good for Republicans, with one notable exception: Democrat Roy Cooper beat out Republican incumbent Pat McCrory in the governor’s race in North Carolina – but the central issue in that election was HB2, the state’s bathroom bill which allowed men into women’s restrooms. The Human Rights Campaign spent tens of thousands of dollars on Cooper and ran ads like this:

“More than 200 businesses have come out in opposition to HB2.

… Continue Reading ]]> 8352 Trump’s Loss to Cruz Shows Power of Religious Liberty as Campaign Issue https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/02/trumps-loss-to-cruz-shows-power-of-religious-liberty-as-campaign-issue/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:21:33 +0000 http://ifaction.wpengine.com/?p=5411 Religious Liberty

Written by Jon Schweppe

The results of the 2016 Iowa Caucus are in, and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won with 28 percent of the vote. Donald Trump finished in a disappointing second place with 24 percent, while U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) surged to a close third place with 23 percent.

Terry Schilling, Executive Director at American Principles Project and contributor to The Pulse 2016, explained the results:

“Tonight proves one thing — if you won’t prioritize protecting religious liberty, you won’t win,” Schilling said.… Continue Reading

]]> 5411 What GOP Candidates Said About Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/08/what-gop-candidates-said-about-supreme-courts-gay-marriage-ruling/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:00:48 +0000 http://ifaction.wpengine.com/?p=4402 GOP CandidatesSantorum, Huckabee, Cruz, Jindal make the A Team

 

Written by Maggie Gallagher
On June 26, a narrow majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices struck down the traditional definition of marriage, ruling all 50 states must recognize same-sex unions as marriages.

The four dissenters included the usually mild-mannered Chief Justice John Roberts, who called the majority opinion “dangerous to the rule of law”: “The majority’s decision is an act of will, not legal judgment. The right it announces has no basis in the Constitution or this Court’s precedent.”… Continue Reading

]]> 4402 Five Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Nominate Jeb Bush https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/06/3935/ Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:00:26 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=3935 ?????????

Written by Aaron Goldstein

Yesterday officially marked the entry of Jeb Bush into the 2016 Republican presidential race. Although the former Florida governor has instant name recognition and vast resources, they will not be enough for Republicans to pick him as their nominee for the White House. I believe this to be so for the following five reasons.

1. Illegal Immigration is Act of Love

At a town hall meeting in April 2014, Bush told Shannon Beam of the Fox News Channel the following about illegal immigration, “Yes, they broke the law, but it’s not a felony.… Continue Reading

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