Written by Robert Knight
The U.S. Supreme Court works in strange and mysterious ways.
It can enrage the progressive left with a solidly constitutional ruling like Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), which overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the issue of abortion to the states.
But it can also amaze and frustrate conservatives, as when it refused before and after the 2020 election to review Pennsylvania officials’ unconstitutional changes to election procedures.
“We failed to settle this dispute before the election and thus provide clear rules.… Continue Reading
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Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | 
July 1, 2024 6:15 AM | 
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Written by Dr. Everett Piper
In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain returned from the Munich Conference, declaring “Peace for our time.” Appeasement was the official name given to the British prime minister’s response to German aggression.
Chamberlain was widely touted for his efforts as a strategic genius who had stemmed the tide of der Führer’s expansionist aims. His political checkmate of Hitler was greeted with jubilation by most of the British Parliament and the media intelligentsia.
Winston Churchill stood nearly alone in opposition.… Continue Reading
Tags: Charles McCall, Children’s Hospital, gender reassignment surgery, gender-affirming, gender-affirming surgeries, Greg Treat, hormone therapy, Neville Chamberlain, puberty blockers, Transgenderism, Übermensch, Winston Churchill
LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | October 7, 2022 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Conservatives Should Defund Hospitals That Perform Gender-Affirming Surgery on Minors
Written by David E. Smith
Our first Spotlight of December features a portion of a presentation given by Dr. Michelle Cretella at the 2019 Illinois Family Institute Worldview Conference on “Trans” Ideology. Dr. Cretella discusses the differences between true, biological science, which supports pro-life and pro-family propositions, and the anti-science cult of gender ideology, which is preached by mainstream medicine, psychiatry, public and private education systems, and social and mass media.
Dr. Cretella also addresses the serious implications of the transgender movement: erasure of parents’ rights, women’s rights, and religious freedom; establishment of gender identity as a protected class; as well as potential legal action that awaits anyone who persists in using “discriminatory” language, i.e.… Continue Reading
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LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | December 3, 2019 9:00 AM | Comments Off on SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Michelle Cretella on the “Trans” Ideology Menace
Written by David E. Smith
Welcome to a special edition of Illinois Family Spotlight featuring IFI’s Cultural Analyst and self-described “accidental activist,” Laurie Higgins. In an address given at Grace Fellowship Church in the western suburbs, Laurie talks about what she feels is the most significant revolution in history – the Trans Revolution. She delineates the distinctions of biological sex, gender, gender identity, and cis-gender.
Laurie also discusses gender dysphoria, social contagion, desistance, detransitioning, and the controversial use of puberty blockers.… Continue Reading
