Mark Kelly https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:36:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Mark Kelly https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Dangerous Double Standard on Civil Disobedience https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/dangerous-double-standard-on-civil-disobedience/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:31:07 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=30932 Written by Robert Knight

The rightness or wrongness of acts of civil disobedience is in the mind of the beholder.

For example, official lawlessness is openly practiced in “sanctuary” jurisdictions across the nation. The Department of Justice lists a total of 600 cities, counties and states where governing officials refuse to cooperate with federal officers enforcing immigration laws. In some cases, local officials actually interfere with the operations.

Democrats, who support open borders, say this is a matter of conscience, while Republicans say it invites further mass illegal immigration and lawlessness.… Continue Reading

]]> 30932 Amendment 1 Proponents Double-Talk on Independent Contractors https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/10/amendment-1-proponents-double-talk-on-independent-contractors/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:00:56 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=21745 Plus how recent (June 30) U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Presents a New Impediment to Proponents

This article continues addressing a ballot measure that Illinois voters must vote on this election cycle. We urge voters to reject Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment that would elevate collective bargaining rights in the Illinois Constitution, allowing government union contracts to override state law.

Written by John Lopez At the September 29 Amendment 1 virtual editorial endorsement interview hosted by the Daily Herald, two panelists from Shaw Media including Scott Holland participated. … Continue Reading ]]> 21745 Amendment 1 Proponents Tip Their Hand to Hidden Agenda in Chicago Tribune https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/09/revealed-agenda/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:12:41 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=21649 Written by John Lopez

This article continues addressing a ballot measure that Illinois voters must vote on this election cycle.
We urge voters to reject Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment that
would elevate collective bargaining rights in the Illinois Constitution,
allowing government union contracts to override state law.

“Hundreds of trucks sit empty in California this week, exacerbating a supply chain crisis already driving the cost of food and goods for all Americans to new heights. 

… Continue Reading ]]> 21649 Illinois Attorney General’s Actions Bring Worker Classification to Forefront Labor Day Weekend https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/09/kwameraoul/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 19:00:44 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=21206 Written by John Lopez

This article continues addressing a ballot measure that Illinois voters must vote on this election cycle.
We urge voters to reject Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment that
would elevate collective bargaining rights in the Illinois Constitution,
allowing government union contracts to override state law.

Note from John Lopez:  With developments late Thursday, September 1, with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (D) filing a civil suit against Drive Construction for violating Illinois laws, including the Illinois Employee Classification Act, this article will continue discussing Amendment 1’s hidden agenda, while on the surface is collective bargaining, but in reality Worker Classification will be implemented. … Continue Reading

]]> 21206 Calling on ‘Moderate’ Democrats https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/05/calling-on-moderate-democrats/ Mon, 10 May 2021 11:00:47 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=17398 Written by David Limbaugh

Everyone knows President Joe Biden ran as a moderate and is governing as a leftist radical, yet we see little evidence of Democrats, including the liberal media, breaking ranks from him. Why?

I’ve previously written about the lack of Democrats’ dissent from their party’s undeniable extremism and have always been met with the response that they don’t dissent because there are no longer any moderate Democrats. Yet when I talk to my Democratic friends, they vehemently deny that they personally are extremists.… Continue Reading

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