Articles by Monte Larrick
Citizens Taking a Stand Against IL School’s Bathroom Policies
By Monte Larrick   |   08.23.16
image_pdfimage_printA group of suburban Chicago students and parents are fighting the Obama administration’s policy to make public school restrooms and locker rooms accessible to the opposite sex.
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Rauner Sears Conscience Law in Illinois
By Monte Larrick   |   08.10.16
Governor Bruce Rauner has signed a law which forces pro-life medical professionals to promote abortion. In response, pregnancy centers have filed a lawsuit against the governor and federal legislation is now being debated in Congress.
Boycott Targets Store’s Bathroom Policy
By Monte Larrick   |   08.03.16
While government municipalities, school districts and other entities advance a political agenda through co-ed bathrooms and dressing rooms, parents concerned about the safety and privacy of their kids are fighting back by boycotting a national retail chain.
No Ignoring the Conscience Protection Act
By Monte Larrick   |   07.27.16
image_pdfimage_printThe Pro-Life Action League is not willing shut up about abortion and just live with it. The group’s annual Face the Truth Tour brought a disturbing reminder to Chicago area streets that abortion kills babies. But leaders of the Pro-Life...
Rotten to the Common Core: Two Events Exposing the Massive Education Takeover
By Monte Larrick   |   07.20.16
image_pdfimage_print Dr. Duke Pesta says if you add up all the facts, it’s clear: Common Core is fueling the crisis in American education. The acclaimed education reformer contends that Common Core is a huge federal government overreach that is quickly making...
Black Unborn Lives Matter
By Monte Larrick   |   07.12.16
image_pdfimage_printA life leader contends that racism could be a contributing factor in the high abortion rate in African-American communities. Dr. Ashley Harrell of Black People Against Abortion also maintains that violence against the unborn fuels violence in the streets, which...
Amidst a Darkening Education System, Homeschooling is Thriving
By Monte Larrick   |   07.07.16
image_pdfimage_printConcerned parents may want to use part of this summer to evaluate their children’s education and consider Christian home education as a strong and moral option to a leftist controlled government school.
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Responding to Multi-Gender Bathrooms
By Monte Larrick   |   06.30.16
image_pdfimage_printA conservative leader is weighing in on the “bathroom wars.” Dr. Alan Carlson says making restrooms and locker rooms multi-gender is just a piece of the broader LGBTQ agenda. The founder of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society...
Franklin Graham’s Exhortation for Illinois
By Monte Larrick   |   06.22.16
image_pdfimage_printThe Reverend Franklin Graham is giving Christians some marching orders during his Decision America 2016 Tour. With the election just months away, he’s telling Christians to pray for our troubled nation and vote for candidates who adhere to Biblical values....
Nurse Loses Job Over Pro-Life Beliefs in Rockford
By Monte Larrick   |   06.15.16
image_pdfimage_printA pro-life nurse is out of a job because of her religious beliefs, and now a law designed to protect her and others from discrimination is in peril. Governor Bruce Rauner could soon decide the fate of Illinois’ Healthcare Right...
The Decision America Tour 2016 is Coming to Illinois
By Monte Larrick   |   06.08.16
image_pdfimage_printRev. Franklin Graham is bringing his Decision America Tour to Springfield. He plans to present the Gospel and challenge Christians to live out their faith at home, in public and at the ballot box.  Many faith leaders in Illinois are...
Unconscionable Anti-Life Bill on Gov. Rauner’s Desk
By Monte Larrick   |   06.04.16
image_pdfimage_printIt’s time to send a message to Governor Bruce Rauner, please veto a pro-abortion bill that would violate the rights of pro-life doctors, medical personnel and pregnancy care workers. Last week the Illinois House debated and passed SB 1564 by...
Federal Bathroom Decree Flushes Down Common Sense
By Monte Larrick   |   05.18.16
image_pdfimage_print Equality and inclusion are in now thanks to the Obama Administration’s directive opening public school restrooms and locker rooms to anyone who chooses to come in. What could possibly go wrong?  Surely teenage boys, dirty old men and voyeurs will...
A Day for America’s Need: Prayer
By Monte Larrick   |   05.11.16
image_pdfimage_printMany Americans asked for God’s grace and guidance for the United States during the 65th annual National Day of Prayer. During an observance in Naperville faith leaders called on God’s people to choose leaders who will protect the institutions that...
Keeping the Abortion Issue Alive in Springfield
By Monte Larrick   |   05.04.16
image_pdfimage_printIt’s one of those issues that many lawmakers and perhaps even Governor Bruce Rauner don’t want you to think about. That is, state taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood. But life activists are keeping Planned Parenthood on the moral and political...
Monte Larrick
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Monte Larrick

Larrick, an award winning broadcast journalist, retired from Moody Broadcasting in Chicago after more than 30 years of service. In 2014, he joined the IFI team to use his news gathering experience to help inform IFI supporters about issues that impact their lives. Mr. Larrick and his wife have been married 33 years and have two daughters. 

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