Articles by Laurie Higgins
Homosexual Activist Reveals Plans for Children
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.20.11
image_pdfimage_printI’ve said it countless times, but maybe hearing it from the horse’s mouth will convince the fearful or naïve that we’ve got to grow spines and boldly oppose every resource, activity, and policy in public schools that affirm homosexuality as...
Religious Discrimination at Glenbard South High School?
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.18.11
image_pdfimage_printAnyone who has spent any extended period of time in a public high school, either as an employee or student, knows that discrimination exists in these purported bastions of tolerance and diversity. Just ask any conservative Christian teen — especially...
The “Good Choices Program” a Bad Choice for Illinois Schools
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.13.11
image_pdfimage_printState Representative Dan Burke (D-Chicago) is the lead sponsor of House Resolution 254 that, as of today, Friday, May 13, states the following: RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that...
IFI Update: Good News from Glenbard South H.S.
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.05.11
image_pdfimage_printThank you for your emails and calls! We have some very good news to report. Superintendent Michael Meissen of District 87, which includes Glenbard South High School, just sent a gracious letter to the parents who expressed their concern about...
Becoming One with the Earth at Prairie Ridge High School: Teaching The Alchemist (part 2)
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.02.11
image_pdfimage_printIn Part 1 of this two-part article about a recent dust-up at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake, I discussed English teacher Christine Wascher’s decision to teach meditative techniques as a means of helping “students forge a deeper connection...
School Choice Bill in Springfield
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.29.11
image_pdfimage_printState Senator Matt Murphy (R-Palatine) has introduced SB 1932, the “School Choice Act,” which would provide to parents vouchers worth up to $3,800 or the actual tuition of a private school, whichever is less. Vouchers would be available to students...
New Low for Sitcom Modern Family
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.15.11
image_pdfimage_printRecently, homosexual humor during family hour reached a new low. On the ABC sitcom, Modern Family, one of the homosexual characters, Cam, directs a middle school musical. Here’s what he says: This production was a joke until I introduced these...
What Has the Church to Offer Those Who Experience Same-Sex Attraction?
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.12.11
image_pdfimage_printI write often about homosexuality because I’m certain that there are no more serious threats to fundamental speech rights and religious liberty than the efforts to use public education, law, mainstream news media, and the arts to normalize homosexuality and...
What Has the Church to Offer Those Who Experience Same-Sex Attraction?
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.12.11
image_pdfimage_printI write often about homosexuality because I’m certain that there are no more serious threats to fundamental speech rights and religious liberty than the efforts to use public education, law, mainstream news media, and the arts to normalize homosexuality and...
Lyons Township HS and Day of Silence
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.11.11
image_pdfimage_printLast week Peter Geddeis, the director of student activities at Lyons Township High School, sent the entire staff and faculty an email in which he said the following (emphasis added): On Friday, April 15, a number of our students will...
Lola Comes to Cook County Jail
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.08.11
image_pdfimage_printThis should be a Saturday Night Live skit, but, oh no, this is real life in the mixed up, muddled up, shook up world of “Lola” and Cook County. Chicago’s homosexual newspaper the Windy City Times reports the following: Cook...
Quinn Nominates Morally Bankrupt Activist to the Human Rights Commission
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.07.11
image_pdfimage_printImagine this: A 58-year-old man who has made deviant sexuality the cornerstone of his identity and who has dedicated his professional life to making sure that every woman is permitted by law to have her preborn baby killed has been...
More on Feckless SB 1619, the Comprehensive Sex Ed Bill
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.06.11
image_pdfimage_printSB 1619, the comprehensive sex ed bill that is heavily promoted by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, is one more demonstration of the left’s fervor to mainstream homosexuality and Gender Identity Disorder through legislation. Some may wonder just how ideas ...
Parents, Please Take a Stand: Day of Silence Walkout 2011
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.04.11
image_pdfimage_printIt is unconscionable that conservative parents remain silent, acquiescent, fearful non-participants in our public schools while homosexuals and their ideological allies engage continuously in vociferous, vigorous, and bold action. The Day of Silence, which is sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian...
Comprehensive Sex Ed Disaster
By Laurie Higgins   |   03.22.11
image_pdfimage_printThe poorly written, poorly thought-out, partisan “comprehensive sex ed” legislation concocted by State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) should be roundly rejected. SB 1619, otherwise known by its obfuscatory title, “Personal Responsibility Education Act,” is yet another attempt by legislator-ideologues to...
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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