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Homosexuality a ‘Problem’ With a ‘Solution’
By   |   01.31.14
Last week, America honored both the life and noble work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a Bible-believing Christian minister who did more to advance the cause of race-based civil rights than perhaps any other person in recent history....
Open Letter to Notre Dame’s President Father Jenkins
By Laurie Higgins   |   01.13.14
Dear Father Jenkins, I work for the Illinois Family Institute on the board of which sits a Notre Dame alumnus. In addition, we have a number of Notre Dame alumni subscribers. I want to thank you for your efforts to...
Russia’s Anti-Propaganda Law Riles Pro-Homosexuality Crowd
By Laurie Higgins   |   01.06.14
The cacophonous voices of homosexual activists and their ideological allies are getting louder as the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia approach. They’re protesting Russia’s new federal law pertaining to homosexuality. Surely, this law must be draconian, reasonable people think, to...
Maybe He’s Not Gay Flushes Out Some Real Haters on Amazon
By Micah Clark   |   01.03.14
A new book released this week for teens and parents that seeks to address questions about sexual orientation has quickly brought out the long knives of the far left.    As author Linda Harvey observes: I figured my new book, “Maybe...
Ex-Lesbian Goes Straight A Non-Story?
By Laurie Higgins   |   01.01.14
Apparently, “sexual orientation” is not as set in stone as homosexual activists and their ideological allies would have us believe. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been married for nineteen years to a woman who self-identified as a...
Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson: the Hairy Canary in the Rainbow Coal Mine
By Laurie Higgins   |   12.19.13
One of the stars of the popular A & E show Duck Dynasty, Phil Robertson, has been indefinitely suspended from the program. His crime was making some politically incorrect statements about homosexuality in a condescension-dripping interview with GQ magazine...
You Have Been Warned—The “Duck Dynasty” Controversy
By   |   12.19.13
An interview can get you into big trouble. Remember General Stanley McChrystal? He was the commander of all U.S. forces in Afghanistan until he gave an interview to Rolling Stone magazine in 2010 and criticized his Commander in Chief. Soon...
Blogging ‘Gays’ Urge Murder, Castration of Christians
By   |   12.09.13
It happened Dec. 2, 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. LifeSiteNews.com broke the story with the headline: “Violent mob of topless pro-abort feminists attacks praying men defending cathedral.” The raw footage is disturbing to the extreme (warning: viewer discretion advised for...
Slavery And Gay Marriage?  Frightening Parallels
12.02.13
Some Republican leaders recently announced their support of gay marriage, and some others claim they are following Abraham Lincoln’s legacy by supporting it. Lincoln is one of the most famous Republicans and is most well known for freeing the slaves. I was disappointed by these modern-day Republicans, because certain features that look like slavery are beginning to emerge in gay custody disputes.
Postscript on Marriage Question From Tribune Columnist
By Laurie Higgins   |   11.21.13
Yesterday I wrote about the question Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn posed to me regarding the potential effects of legally recognizing same-sex unions as marriages. He asked for specific research on which to base “gloomy” predictions and asked what “animated”...
Answers to Chicago Tribune Columnist’s Question on Effects of Same-Sex Faux “Marriage”
By Laurie Higgins   |   11.20.13
In response to the passage of Illinois’ same-sex “marriage” law, Francis Cardinal George wrote a letter that appeared in church bulletins in which he said that “there will be consequences for the Church and society that will become clearer as...
Support For Bishop Paprocki Urgently Needed
11.19.13
Bishop Thomas Paprocki, exhibiting the true traits of a descendant of the original disciples of the Lord, responded with force to the sacrilegious "approval" of homosexual "marriage" here in Illinois. Bishop Paprocki has scheduled Prayers of Supplication and Exorcism in reparation for the serious sin of same sex "marriage" at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception...
When Government Keeps Teens from Seeing the Therapist
11.15.13
The governors of California and New Jersey have recently signed bills into law that violate First Amendment protections of freedom of speech and freedom of religion. These new laws ban licensed counselors from engaging in talk therapies that reduce the level of same-sex attractions in minors for whom such reduction is a personal goal. Strikingly, these bills apply to all minors except those who wish to change their sex (“gender identity”) altogether, via hormones and surgery.
Random Thoughts on Tragic Marriage Vote
By Laurie Higgins   |   11.06.13
My random thoughts following the vote on marriage: 1.)  Tuesday, cowardly and/or ignorant Illinois lawmakers in defiance of truth, history, logic, compassion, and in some cases, their own religious traditions voted to legally recognize non-marital unions as marriages. In so...
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
By David E. Smith   |   11.05.13
Illinois lawmakers are headed back to Springfield for the second half of the fall veto session, which runs today through Thursday this week.   I will be  join our lobbyists and other marriage advocates at the Capitol to continue our work...
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