Tag Archives: Dr. Tony Smith

Laurie Higgins on WYLL with Mark Elfstrand

Posted on August 4, 2016 by David E Smith

On Tuesday afternoon, radio host Mark Elfstrand interviewed IFI’s Laurie Higgins about her recent article addressing the Black Lives Matter movement and the foolish and false statement made by Chicago Urban League president Shari Runner on the “root cause” of gang-on-gang and black-on-black violence.

Mark and Laurie also discussed her article about Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s decision to join other liberal states in filing an amicus brief in a federal district court in Texas in support of mandatory coed restrooms and locker rooms in all public schools.

Additionally, Mark asked Laurie about IFI’s letter of warning written by attorney …

Posted in Education | Tagged Bathroom Wars, Black Lives Matter, Chicago Urban League, Dr. Tony Smith, Gender dysphoria, Jason Craddock, Laurie Higgins, Lisa Madigan, Mark Elfstrand, Rev. James Meeks, Shari Runner | Comments Off

IFI to State Board of ED: Don’t Comply With Obama’s Locker Room Mandate

Posted on July 29, 2016 by David E Smith

At the DNC Convention, Michelle Obama made this presumptuous statement:

[T]his election and every election is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives.

Her husband’s non-legal attempt to do just that—to exploit his power to shape the lives of other people’s children—is no more evident than in his command to every government school to allow boys in girls’ locker rooms and restrooms and vice versa. His order, delivered via the Department of Education’s Office for (un)Civil Rights, commands schools to allow students who reject their sex to …

Posted in Education | Tagged Barack Obama, Bathroom Wars, Dr. Tony Smith, Jason Craddock, LGBTQ, Michelle Obama, Rev. James Meeks, Title IX, transgender bathroom | Comments Off