Written by Peter LaBarbera
A pro-natural marriage advocate at the conservative Heritage Foundation said President Donald Trump “should not cave” to LGBT activists by failing to issue a strong executive order defending Americans’ religious liberty, a leaked draft of which has been the subject of intense criticism on the Left.
Heritage senior fellow Ryan Anderson said, based on a document first leaked to the leftist magazine The Nation, that the order would be a “great place to start” for President Trump to honor his pledge to strongly defend the freedom of people to exercise their spiritual and moral conscience.… Continue Reading
Tags: Donald Trump, Heritage Foundation, Homosexuality, Lbgt, Little Sisters of the Poor, Obamacare, religious freedom, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Ryan Anderson, same-sex marriage
LGBTQ Agenda, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | 
February 6, 2017 6:39 AM | 
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Written by Laurie Higgins
At this cultural moment, the GOP is the only party that defends marriage, the intrinsic rights of children (both prenatal and post-natal children), religious liberty, and the physical privacy rights of girls and boys and men and women. But the barbarians have breached the gate and are cannibalizing the GOP while it yet lives. Well-dressed, well-spoken barbarians but barbarians nonetheless.
What accounts for the corruption of the GOP? There are numerous reasons including the childish moral reasoning of lawmakers like U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
The 2016 Illinois Republican Convention was held in Peoria this past weekend on Friday and Saturday. We are thrilled to report that leftists within the party failed to advance their agenda in the newly adopted 2016 Illinois GOP Platform.
If fact, Illinois Republicans strengthened the Right to Life plank in the platform and rejected an attempt to water down and distort the Marriage and Family plank!
THANK YOU to all of you who took time last week to contact the members of the platform committee and helped to spread the word of the attempt to subvert the Marriage and Family plank. … Continue Reading
Tags: Bob Grogan, Chris Cleveland, Dan McConchie, David Norck., Edward Ronkowski, Elisha French, families, Fred Floreth, Illinois GOP, Illinois Republican Platform, Karen Hayes, Kathy Valente, Laurie Bluedorn, Mark Shaw, non-traditional families, Pat Brady, Peter Breen, same-sex marriage, Sharee Langenstein, SSM, Stan Bond, Terri Bryant, Thomas More Society
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith | May 23, 2016 1:03 PM | Comments Off on 2016 Illinois GOP Platform Report
The Illinois Family Action (IFA) Board of Directors enthusiastically endorses Dr. Jay Kinzler for U.S. Congress in Illinois’ 6th District. Kinzler, a medical doctor and Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, fully understands the importance of family, the sanctity of life, and the definition of marriage. Dr. Kinzler has a proven record in local government reining in waste and corruption. His commitment to accountability in government will help efforts to stop the continued out-of-control spending in Congress.… Continue Reading
Tags: Equal Rights Amendment, James Marter, Jay Kinzler, Mark Kirk, Peter Roskam, Planned Parenthood, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, same-sex marriage
Federal Elections, Illinois Politics, Political | David E. Smith | February 26, 2016 11:33 AM | Comments Off on IFA-pac Endorses Dr. Jay Kinzler in the 6th District GOP Congressional Race
Ted Cruz supporters cheer as caucus returns are reported at the caucus night rally, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Dear Friend of Marriage and Religious Liberty,
Senator Ted Cruz’s victory [last night] is a resounding affirmation by the Republican voters of Iowa of their determination to protect the institution of marriage against the onslaught being waged against it by cultural and judicial elites.
Iowans have said to the five U.S.… Continue Reading
Santorum, 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.”
Chief Justice Roberts also underscored the “serious questions about religious liberty” the decision raises: “Indeed, the Solicitor General candidly acknowledged that the tax exemptions of some religious institutions would be in question if they opposed same-sex marriage.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ben Carson, Bobby Jindal, Candidate, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Commentary, Donald Trump, First Amendment Defense Act, George Pataki, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham, Maggie Gallagher, Marco Rubio, marriage, Mike Huckabee, Obergefell v. Hodges, Rand Paul, religious liberty, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, same-sex marriage, Scott Walker, SCOTUS, Social Issues, Ted Cruz, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Elections, Marriage & Family, Political | David E. Smith | August 21, 2015 4:00 AM | Comments Off on What GOP Candidates Said About Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling
Written by Samuel Smith
As the question “Would you attend a same-sex wedding?” has been thrown at many Republican presidential candidates following June’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Ohio Gov. John Kasich declared during Thursday night’s Fox News Republican presidential debate that he has, in fact, attended a gay wedding.
When asked by Fox host Megyn Kelly how he would explain his opposition to gay marriage to a hypothetical gay son or lesbian daughter, the former chairman of the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Election 2016, John Kasich, Republican, Rick Santorum, Robert George, Ryan T. Anderson, same-sex marriage, Tony Perkins
Federal Elections, LGBTQ Agenda, Political | David E. Smith | August 10, 2015 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Ohio Gov. John Kasich at GOP Debate: “I Went to a Gay Wedding”
Written by Matt K. Lewis
Behind every great man, there’s an incredibly astonished woman. And if you’re a Republican politician, the odds are pretty good she’s not on board with everything in your agenda. Along those lines, social conservatives have a new reason to worry about Scott Walker: Tonette Walker.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Wisconsin’s first lady publicly distanced herself from her husband over the issue of gay marriage. What is more, it’s clear that Scott Walker’s views are out of step with his entire family on the issue.… Continue Reading
Written by Michael Gryboski
Carly Fiorina, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has stated that if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down state-level gay marriage bans, she “wouldn’t support an amendment to reverse” their decision.
Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard who announced her candidacy earlier this month, spoke with the blog Caffeinated Thoughts last week and was asked: if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down state laws banning gay marriage would she support a hypothetical amendment overturning the decision.… Continue Reading
Written by Leonardo Blair
As the U.S. Supreme Court readies to hear arguments in favor of same-sex marriage on Tuesday, April 28, Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), urged pastors across America to preach and pray against it because “marriage was God’s idea, and He will preserve it, with or without us.”
“We know that marriage is intended to be sacred, beautiful, and nourishing. If you do not influence your congregation’s understanding of marriage, who will fill the void?… Continue Reading
