Articles by Laurie Higgins
Chicago Public School CEO Ron Huberman Meets with Homosexual Activists
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.30.09
image_pdfimage_printAccording to the Chicago Free Press, on Monday, June 22 openly homosexual CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Ron Huberman, met with homosexual teens and community activists from a group called Gender Just who are “demanding” that Huberman “immediately commit...
Chicago Elementary School Children To March In “Gay” Pride Parade
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.25.09
image_pdfimage_printI am so angry I could scream — but instead I’ll write. Nettelhorst Elementary School, a public school located in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, has the dubious honor of being the first Chicago public school to march in Chicago’s...
Taxpayer Dollars in Districts 113 and 153: Yum Yum Eat ‘Em Up
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.16.09
image_pdfimage_printDeerfield and Highland Park High Schools, which comprise District 113, have offered SEED, SEED II, and SEED for Administrators for many years. In addition, District 113 has employed the services of the pricey Glenn Singleton and his Pacific Educational Group...
Chastity Bono, Transsexuality and the Church
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.12.09
image_pdfimage_printChastity Bono’s publicist announced that Chastity is pursuing a “sex change.” Chastity, as everyone knows, is the only daughter of Cher and the deceased Sonny Bono. Many years ago, Chastity made the decision to embrace homosexuality, and as of March,...
The Truth About Homosexual Parenting
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.09.09
image_pdfimage_printMark Twain is reported to have said “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is just putting on its shoes.” Never were there words more applicable to the pro-homosexual movement than these. In 2001, Time...
Activist Arne Duncan’s Latest Outrage
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.05.09
image_pdfimage_printIf anyone has any doubts about the direction Secretary Education Arne Duncan wants to take public education regarding the issue of homosexuality, look no further than his selection of Kevin Jennings as the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of...
Controversial Theories of District 113’s “Diversity” Consultant Glenn Singleton
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.04.09
image_pdfimage_printThere is a new report out from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) that the mainstream media for some reason seems reluctant to cover. According to their website, the Educational Testing Service “is a non-profit institution with the mission to advance...
Homewood-Flossmoor Reporter Commends Dubious SEED Project
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.27.09
image_pdfimage_printA Homewood-Flossmoor reporter for the Southtown Star, John Ryan, posted a criticism of my article about a Homewood elementary school that has spent public money on the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum. In it, he explained that he “requested...
Yahoos Working with Obama on Abortion
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.26.09
image_pdfimage_printWhat does “working together” on abortion look like to Clarence Page and Barack Obama? It means that they get to retain legalized abortion and in exchange, they will refrain from calling pro-lifers “yahoos” and “right-wing ideologues.” Sounds fair to me....
John Piper Says “No” to Obama on Abortion
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.19.09
image_pdfimage_printListen to this short, powerful message from John Piper whose words may help restore to a desensitized society a proper sense of grief and outrage about the horrific practice of abortion:    ...
Do Homewood, IL Taxpayers Know What They’re Funding?
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.18.09
image_pdfimage_printAll over the country, taxpayers are unwittingly funding dubious professional development opportunities that schools provide to teachers through conferences, workshops, and seminars that teachers attend during the school year and summer vacation. I’ve written about these primarily in the context...
Are Traditional Marriage Supporters Losing?
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.17.09
image_pdfimage_print[A version of this article first appeared on the website Opposing Views on May 14, 2009]  With the recent victories for proponents of “same-sex marriage” — an oxymoronic misnomer if ever there was one — the question has arisen regarding...
Urgent message to all Mark T. Skinner Elementary School Parents and Concerned Taxpayers:
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.12.09
image_pdfimage_printAt the April 21, 2009 meeting of the Local School Council, Principal Deborah Clark made the stunning announcement that a representative from the homosexual activist organization, Lambda Legal, would be making a presentation to 7th and 8th graders on MAY...
“Hate Crimes” Legislation
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.11.09
image_pdfimage_printAn IFI article entitled “Hate Crimes Bill Moves to Senate” (5/5/09) contained the erroneous statement that the APA’s category “sexual orientation” includes paraphilias. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) distinguishes between “sexual orientation” (i.e., heterosexual, homosexual, and...
If It Walks Like a Duck. . .
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.04.09
image_pdfimage_printWhat will legalized “civil unions” mean for public education? The manipulation of language is the homosexual movement’s stock in trade. The creation of the term “civil union” is intended to conceal the reality that civil unions are, in fact, marriages....
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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