By
David E. Smith
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10.28.09
President Barack Obama signed a Defense Authorization bill earlier this week which includes a broad expansion of hate crimes legislation that has many free speech and religious liberty advocates worried for a variety of reasons.
Craig Parshall, chief legal counsel...
Liberal Media Does Not Tell Whole Story
The issue of President Barack Obama’s proposal that would reform America’s health care system has certainly received a great deal of attention. However, sometimes, it’s what the liberal press doesn’t reveal that is...
09.25.09
Federal Issue
U.S. Representative Jarrold Nader (D-NY) introduced a bill (H.R. 3567) to Congress that would repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The federal DOMA is the only thing that prevents homosexual “marriage” from becoming legal across the...
09.16.09
Homosexual activists are again pushing radical legislation known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) — H.R. 2981 & S. 1584. It has already been introduced in both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate and is currently in committee. President ...
By
David E. Smith
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09.10.09
This is worth every MINUTE (only 4) to watch this! U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-MI) hits it out of the ballpark while addressing the other members of Congress. Video was taken from the floor of our national legislature…
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09.08.09
Illinois Family Institute joins the Family Research Council and the American Family Business Foundation in releasing a new report analyzing the effects of the estate tax (“death tax”) on jobs, government revenues, and economic growth.
The report, “Repealing Death Tax...
By
David E. Smith
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08.18.09
While the Department of Justice (DOJ) defends the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in another case, President Barack Obama’s administration filed a legal challenge to DOMA on Monday, August 17, claiming the federal statute is, get this,...
08.08.09
The Acton Institute
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By
David E. Smith
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07.31.09
A vote on President Barack Obama’s “government healthcare reform” in Washington D.C. has been delayed until September or later. This provides additional time for citizens to communicate with their Congressmen and Senators about the issue.
The president is pushing hard...
By
David E. Smith
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07.08.09
Federal Issue
The state of Massachusetts is challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law that defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman and protects individual states from the marriage laws...
Matt Barber, Director of Cultural Affairs with both Liberty Counsel and Liberty Alliance Action issued the following statement last week on news that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the military’s prohibition against homosexual conduct within the ranks of the...
04.23.09
Federal Issue
Openly homosexual U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) has again introduced his Hate Crimes Bill,H.R.1913. Co-sponsors of this anti-family bill include Illinois’ own U.S. Representives Mark Kirk (R-Winnetka) and Judy Biggert (R-Hinsdale).
Hate crime laws are actually “thought crime”...
By
David E. Smith
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02.10.09
You may have seen the IFI E-Alert I sent to you last week regarding President Barack Obama’s nomination of David W. Ogden to be the Deputy U.S. Attorney General, the “CEO” of the Department of Justice. More than 1,200 Illinois...
By
David E. Smith
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02.04.09
President Barack Obama recently nominated David W. Ogden to be the Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice, which prosecutes obscenity violations. Attorney Ogden has been praised by the adult entertainment industry as a “strong pick” since he has...
