Articles by Laurie Higgins
Teacher’s Arrogant Admissions (Part 3)
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.20.13
image_pdfimage_printToday we present Part 3 of an email exchange between a homosexual activist, who unfortunately is also a public high school teacher and sponsor of the “gay-straight alliance” in a high school in Maine, and me. He initiated an email...
Teacher’s Arrogant Admissions (Part 2)
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.20.13
image_pdfimage_printToday we present Part 2 of an email exchange between a public high school teacher in Maine, who is also the sponsor of the “gay-straight alliance” in his school, and me.  To learn more about this correspondence, please read Part...
Teacher’s Arrogant Admissions (Part 1)
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.19.13
image_pdfimage_printFollowing my recent piece about “progressive” teachers who exploit their publicly subsidized positions in government schools to advance their personal moral and political beliefs about the nature and morality of homosexuality and gender confusion, I received an email from a...
Anthony Esolen on “Bullying Prevention” in Public Schools
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.15.13
image_pdfimage_printMy favorite writer, Anthony Esolen, Professor of English at Providence College in Rhode Island, has written yet another incisive and illuminating article, this time on the dishonest exploitation of school bullying prevention efforts for the purposes of normalizing homosexuality. His...
Back to School: Teachers Who Exploit Their Position
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.13.13
image_pdfimage_printAs your children start off a new school year, take time to get to know what’s going on in your local public schools.   Although taxpayers must address the issue of objectionable curricular material directly, which will involve challenging the specious...
Too Brief Answers to Marriage Questions: Part 5
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.02.13
image_pdfimage_printDoes the prohibition of same-sex “marriage” violate the separation of church and state? Does the Constitution prohibit citizens from having their religious beliefs shape their political decisions? First, let’s remember that charges of violating the separation of church and state...
Too Brief Answers to Marriage Questions: Part 4
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.01.13
image_pdfimage_printIs the legal prohibition of same-sex “marriage” analogous or equivalent to bans on interracial marriage? The basis for the comparison of homosexual “marriage” to interracial marriage is based on the fallacious comparison of homosexuality to race. Race is, of course,...
Too Brief Answers to Marriage Questions: Part 3
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.31.13
image_pdfimage_printHow would the legalization of same-sex “marriage” affect society?
  • Religious liberty and speech rights will continue to erode. American Christians should play close attention to what’s happening in Canada in order to see with clarity what’s coming here. In the
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Too Brief Answers to Marriage Questions: Part 2
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.30.13
image_pdfimage_printWhy is the government involved in marriage? Is the government involved in marriage to affirm love or to provide benefits to unions because of their love? Why shouldn’t platonic friends, two brothers, or five people of assorted genders be permitted...
Too Brief Answers to Marriage Questions: Part 1
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.29.13
image_pdfimage_printIn more than a few articles, I have included questions regarding marriage that should be posed to our lawmakers by their constituents and the press, and which all conservatives—including conservative lawmakers—should be able to answer. We have received numerous requests...
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Same-Sex Parenting: a Form of Child Abuse
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.18.13
image_pdfimage_printRobert Lopez is married, a father, and an English professor who was raised by two lesbians.  His is a critically important new voice in the battle raging around issues related to homosexuality, including the redefinition of marriage and the needs...
Hope for the Preborn
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.12.13
image_pdfimage_printIt’s been a revolting year on the fetal front. Recently, pro-abortion activists chanting “Hail Satan” in the Texas State house worked feverishly to protect the ghastly legal right of women to kill their preborn babies even after these babies can...
Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act Wins in Court!
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.11.13
image_pdfimage_printToday the Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 is constitutional and, therefore, must take effect. Finally, after almost 18 years of legal obstacles thrown in the path of this reasonable law...
Homosexuality and the Persecution of the Church
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.11.13
image_pdfimage_printYesterday, we re-posted an important piece by theologian and pastor Peter Leithart on the necessity of Christian commitment to truth on the issue of sexuality, particularly homosexuality, an issue that will lead ineluctably to the persecution of the church. Today,...
Shocking Child Molestation Story
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.02.13
In 2010, the Australian press, as in thrall to the homosexual community as our ignorant, sycophantic America press is, told the foolishly titled story “Two dads are better than one,” about a homosexual couple who went to Russia to adopt a child....
Laurie Higgins
Cultural Affairs Writer
Laurie Higgins

Laurie Higgins was the Illinois Family Institute’s Cultural Affairs Writer in the fall of 2008 through early 2023. Prior to working for the IFI, Laurie worked full-time for eight years in Deerfield High School’s writing center in Deerfield, Illinois.

Her cultural commentaries have been carried on a number of pro-family websites nationally and internationally, and Laurie has appeared on numerous radio programs across the country. In addition, Laurie has spoken at the Council for National Policy and educational conferences sponsored by the Constitutional Coalition.

She has been married to her husband for forty-four years, and they have four grown children and ten grandchildren.

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