Articles by Laurie Higgins
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Laurie Higgins
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04.30.09
[Editor’s Note: Homosexual activists with Equality Illinois, Stonewall Democrats, Illinois Log Cabin Republicans, and the ACLU of Illinois held a lobby day at the Capitol on April 29th to push for the passage of “civil unions” legislation — HB 2234.]...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.28.09
At a Town Hall meeting on Saturday, April 25, Congressman Mark Kirk attempted to justify “hate crimes” legislation (H.R. 1913) by summoning up the specter of the genocide in Bosnia, and in so doing perpetuated the erroneous claim that homosexuality...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.24.09
Although the experience of being slandered over the past couple of weeks has been painful, the reason I’m writing about it has nothing to do with my feelings. My experience is, unfortunately, not unique. All over the country, those who...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.21.09
Another cacophonous, divisive Day of Silence has come and thankfully gone, but it’s important to take a moment to reflect on the vitriol and deception promulgated by some of its supporters. It’s important because their deceitful words expose the dark...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.16.09
Once again another academic frets over the rare occasion of a school district acquiescing to the concerns of taxpayers who are tired of funding the efforts of “social justice” teachers to use public money to advance their particular socio-political ideology....
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Laurie Higgins
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04.14.09
A national coalition of pro-family organizations is urging parents to call their children out of school on the Day of Silence (DOS), an annual event sponsored by the partisan political action group, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)....
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Laurie Higgins
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04.08.09
There is a resolution before Congress asking the federal government and all public schools to officially recognize and celebrate the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s Day of Silence and its pernicious goals, which extend far beyond the elimination of...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.07.09
Following our expose of the reason for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) dubious and defamatory inclusion of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) on their “anti-gay hate groups” list, the SPLC started receiving complaints, which evidently didn’t sit too well...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.05.09
The Day of Silence fast approaches, so Illinois Family Institute wants to encourage parents to spread the word about the Walkout. As you call your local high schools, be prepared for evasive, lawyerly responses from administrators.
I just spoke with...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.02.09
Again, Illinois Family Institute wants to commend all those Naperville taxpayers who acted on their convictions, expressing their vigorous opposition to the Bill Ayers invitation. If only more communities would follow your example, we could effect positive change in our...
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Laurie Higgins
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03.30.09
I posed the following questions to Naperville North Superintendent Alan Leis and the members of the District 203 Board of Education:
Of all the people Naperville North or teacher Kermit Eby could have invited to speak to students, Bill Ayers...
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Laurie Higgins
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03.26.09
It’s almost amusing to hear yet another public school administrator defend student exposure to radical ideas by appealing to the importance of “critical thinking.” Naperville Unit District 203 Superintendent Alan Leis waxes noble and enthusiastic about the pedagogical importance of...
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Laurie Higgins
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03.20.09
Two weeks ago, Illinois Family Institute discovered that we are included on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Active U.S. Hate Groups list, along with Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazi, and White Nationalist organizations. We are not alone in being erroneously and...
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Laurie Higgins
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03.18.09
Yesterday, I shared that I was going to discuss a letter sent by Deerfield High School English teacher Jeff Berger-White to his students regarding a vulgar, polemical play about homosexuality that he was going to teach. Because of a community...
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Laurie Higgins
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03.17.09
Parents and other taxpayers shouldn’t have to worry about the content of resources, activities, classroom comments, or all-school emails. Unfortunately, because of the disproportionate number of teachers who hold liberal or radical socio-political views and who believe it is their...
