Tag Archives: Roman Catholic

MARRIAGE UPDATE: We Need You to Speak Out

Posted on January 1, 2013 by David E Smith

Our state lawmakers are returning to Springfield this week and are expected to debate the controversial proposal to redefine marriage, a change that would prove destructive to children, family, society, and religious liberty in Illinois. Proponents of marriage re-definition are pulling out all the stops to get what they want during the lame duck session of the General Assembly (January 3-9).

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Barack Obama, David Koehler, Greg Harris, Heather Steans, Laurie Higgins, LGBT, Religious Freedom and Marriage Act, Roman Catholic, Same-sex marriage | Comments Off

Our State Lawmakers Need to Hear from You!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by David E Smith

Over the Christmas weekend, you may have seen or heard the reports from the media extolling the news that 260 clergy — mostly from the Chicago area — signed a petition in support of redefining marriage. In response to this story, IFI’s Laurie Higgins had some very good quotes in a New York Times article, while I had a short quote in the WGN-TV report that aired four days ago.

It is important that we keep this “news” in perspective. In the state of Illinois, there are over a thousand Roman Catholic churches, over a thousand Southern Baptist churches, …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged David Koehler, Greg Harris, Kara Wagner Sherer, Laurie Higgins, LGBT, New York Times, Religious Freedom and Marriage Act, Roman Catholic, Same-sex marriage, Southern Baptist, WGN-TV | Comments Off