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...
09.16.11
by Daniel James Devine, WORLD MagazineEvangelical 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...
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David E. Smith
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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...
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...
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...
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David E. Smith
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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...
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David E. Smith
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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...
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...
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...
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David E. Smith
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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...
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....
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...
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David E. Smith
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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...
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David E. Smith
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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...
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David E. Smith
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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...