Tag Archives: Patricia Van Pelt

Cultural Collision: “Comprehensive” Sex Ed Passed in Illinois Senate

Posted on May 21, 2021 by David E Smith

Our Springfield snollygosters are working tenaciously to provide Christian parents with a plethora of reasons to abandon government schools in Illinois. On Thursday afternoon, the Illinois Senate took up and debated another "comprehensive" sex education bill (SB 818) that so-called "progressives" and their evil allies are using to indoctrinate children starting in kindergarten.

Posted in Education, Sexuality | Tagged ACLU, Camille Lilly, Celina Villanueva, Darren Bailey, Doris Turner, Equality Illinois, Jason Plummer, Linda Holmes, Neil Anderson, Patricia Van Pelt, Planned Parenthood, Ram Villivalam, SB 818, Sue Rezin, Terri Bryant | Comments Off

Illinois’ Predatory Profiteering Leaders

Posted on August 3, 2019 by David E Smith

The unholy trinity of J.B. Pritzker, creepy State Representative Kelly Cassidy, and her creepy “wife” Candace Gingrich (who goes by the pronoun “they,” #eyeroll) continue in their efforts to destroy whatever good remains in Illinois. (And yes, people who promote feticide, taxpayer-funding of feticide, homosexuality, and cross-sex impersonation are creepy—uber-creepy.) Now, through the legalization of recreational marijuana, Pritzker, Cassidy and their ideological allies are trying—by sucking money out of Illinoisans’ pockets while keeping them stoned—to dig Illinois out of the fiscal gorge liberals have dug.

If it’s not bad enough that Gingrich has worked for the Human Rights …

Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions, Illinois Politics | Tagged Candace Gingrich, Chicago Sun-Times, Human Rights Campaign, J.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Nicholas J. Pritzker, Patricia Van Pelt | Comments Off

Ten Reasons to Oppose Legal Weed in Illinois

Posted on May 8, 2019 by David E Smith

Once again, high potency marijuana is in the news. Governor J.B. Pritzker and several state lawmakers held a press conference this past Saturday to announce their bill (SB 7) to legalize marijuana for "recreational" use in Illinois.

Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Tagged Aging of the Brain, Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Brain Alteration, Heather Steans, heroin, J.B. Pritzker, Karen Randall, Kimberly Lightford, Marijuana-Related Traffic Fatalities, New Jersey, Opioid Deaths, Pacific Garden Mission, Patricia Van Pelt, Pediatrics, Phil Kwiatowski, Philip D. Murphy, psychiatric disorders, Psychological Medicine, psychosis, SB 7, schizophrenia, suicide, tetrahydrocannabinol, THC Concentrates, The Lancet Psychiatry, Toi Hutchinson, Violent Crime | Comments Off

Marijuana Decriminalization Puts Children and Families at Greater Risk

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Kathy Valente

Before the regular session ended on May 31st, State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) and State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) were able to legislation to decriminalize marijuana passed in both the Illinois House and Senate. This dubious bill (SB 2228) will soon be sent to Governor Bruce Rauner, who will then have 60 days to sign it into law or veto it.

Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Tagged Barbara Flynn Currie, Bruce Rauner, Carol Ammons, Christian Mitchell, Decriminalize, Don Harmon, Donne Trotter, Ed Sullivan, Emil Jones III, Heather Steans, Iris Martinez, Jacqueline Collins, Jason Barickman, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Karen McConnaughay, Kelly Cassidy, Linda Holmes, marijuana, Michael Noland, Michael Zalewski, Napoleon Harris, Pam Althoff, Patricia Van Pelt, SB 2288, Sonya Harper, Toi Hutchinson, Will Guzzardi | Comments Off