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U.S. Congress Agrees: Defense of Marriage Act is Constitutional
11.14.11
House Attorneys Support Thomas More Society’s DOMA Case This week, the Thomas More Society secured support from the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives in a same-sex marriage case that involves the Defense of Marriage Act...
Handheld Affections
09.16.11
by Daniel James Devine, WORLD Magazine
Evangelical blogger Tim Challies’ new book, The Next Story: Life and Faith After the Digital Explosion, tells how technology is changing what we believe and how we treat each other, and advises Christians to...
Study Finds Children At Risk from Cohabitation
By David E. Smith   |   08.27.11
A new research study concludes that cohabitation has now become the greatest threat to the welfare of children in the United States. The study, entitled “Why Marriage Matters,” says that cohabitation has replaced divorce as the greatest contributor to family...
‘Time to Normalize Pedophilia’: Firsthand Report on B4U-ACT Conference
By   |   08.22.11
On Wednesday, August 17, child advocates Matt Barber, Vice President of Liberty Counsel Action, and Dr. Judith Reisman, a visiting law professor at Liberty University School of Law, attended a Baltimore, MD conference hosted by the pedophile group B4U-ACT. Around...
WCF Congratulates Beckhams on Birth of Fourth Child – Asks for Honest Population Debate
07.29.11
British population-control fanatics and radical environmentalists are once again showing their irrationality and true totalitarian colors by using the birth of a fourth child to English football star David Beckham and his wife to climb on their over-population soapboxes. Simon...
Pres. Obama “is proud” to Support DOMA Repeal
By David E. Smith   |   07.20.11
In the past few months, we have seen the LGBTQ lobby working overtime. With the passage of the “civil unions” bill and the consequent assault on the religious liberties of child welfare organizations here in Illinois and the recent legalization...
SCOTUS Strikes Down California Violent Video Game Law
By David E. Smith   |   07.01.11
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a California law prohibiting the sale of violent video games to minors. The 7-2 ruling determined that video games are protected by First Amendment free speech rights and that the state did not...
Kundalina Yoga: Just a Harmless, Physical Exercise?
06.30.11
by Claris Van Kuiken This summer, classes in Kundalini Yoga have been made available through the New Lenox Community Park District to members of the growing Illinois community. The ad in the park district’s brochure assures the participant that through...
In Video Game Violence Case, SOTUS Again Interprets the First Amendment so as to ‘Cripple the Regular Work of the Government
06.29.11
by Robert Peters, General Counsel –Morality in Media In a decision released yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assoc.invalidated a California law that would have prohibited the sale or rental of “violent video games” (as defined...
Americans Overwhelmingly Recognize Natural Marriage
By David E. Smith   |   06.17.11
Mainstream media reports would have you believe that America is trending more in favor of same-sex “marriage.” Homosexual activists and their allies in the media and in Hollywood have been working overtime to promote their social agenda, leading many to...
Married to Marriage: 62% of Americans Say it’s One Man, One Woman, Nothing Else
06.17.11
Alliance Defense Fund “Americans recognize that marriage provides a strong foundation for a thriving society,” said ADF Senior Counsel Brian Raum. “The union between husband and wife benefits society–especially children–in unique ways that cannot be duplicated by any other relationship....
“Civil Unions” vs. Marriage
06.01.11
David E. Smith, Executive Director of the Illinois Family Institute, denounces the enactment of “civil unions” by a lame duck session of the Illinois General Assembly which is already affecting the civil rights of others, specifically people of faith opposed...
Minority Leader Cross Now Supports George Soros’ “Medical” Marijuana Bill
By David E. Smith   |   04.19.11
Over the weekend, Fox News Chicago’s political editor Mike Flannery reported that Illinois’ House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R-Plainfield) has had a change of heart, and is now supporting HB 30 — an anti-family bill that would make “medical” marijuana...
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
By David E. Smith   |   04.08.11
There is an important pro-life bill that passed 110 – 0 in the House and is now being considered in the Senate. HB 2093, sponsored by State Representative David Reis (R-Olney) and State Senator William Haine (D-Alton), would close a...
Do Christians Really Have the Same Divorce Rates as Non-Christians?
By David E. Smith   |   04.08.11
USA Today recently published an article about whether the popular perception that Christians divorce at nearly the same rate as non-Christians is really true. The article’s conclusion? It’s a matter of semantics. For the last several years, many publications and...
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