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Time to Push the Illinois’ Parental Notification Act
By David E. Smith   |   08.19.10
Thomas More Society Files Motion for Immediate Transfer of Parental Notice Challenge to Illinois Supreme Court Our friends at the pro-life Thomas More Society law firm just delivered the justices of the Illinois Supreme Court a motion to immediately transfer...
IFI & AFA Condemn California Marriage Ruling
08.04.10
Tyrannical, Abusive and Unconsititutional “This is a tyrannical, abusive and utterly unconstitutional display of judicial arrogance. Judge Walker has turned ‘We the People’ into ‘I the Judge’ said Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, in response to Judge ...
Americans Agree: Moral Values Continue to Decline
By David E. Smith   |   05.21.10
According to a recent Gallup poll, three-quarters of Americans believe moral values in the U.S. are getting worse. Surveyors say Americans have never given U.S. morality a positive assessment, but the latest results are among the worst Gallup has measured...
Medical “Marijuana” Vote Still Possible
By David E. Smith   |   05.17.10
Act today! The Illinois General Assembly will return to the Capitol next week. “Medical” marijuana closer to passage. The Illinois General Assembly adjourned on May 7th without voting on the “Medical” Marijuana bill. Lobbyists for the Marijuana Policy Project have...
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Violent Video Game Law
By David E. Smith   |   05.03.10
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case (Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants) this fall regarding a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. The justices accepted the state’s appeal and will decide whether the...
Dr. Dobson Launches New Radio Ministry
By David E. Smith   |   05.03.10
Pro-family hero Dr. James Dobson has officially launched his new radio ministry which is called “Family Talk.” The first broadcast of the 30-minute program is scheduled to air on approximately 200 radio stations across the country. Dobson will host the...
Legislation to Legalize Marijuana as Medicine
By David E. Smith   |   04.29.10
The Marijuana Policy Project, which is heavily funded by George Soros — the radically liberal billionaire from Eastern Europe — is pushing hard to pass medical marijuana legislation in Springfield. Thousands of robo-calls are being made into lawmakers’s offices in...
An Emasculated Focus on the Family — Say It Ain’t So
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.27.10
Editor’s Note: IFI requested comments or clarifications on the AOL article from Focus on the Family. They did not respond. There has been much speculation about why James Dobson left Focus on the Family (FOTF). The speculation is that he...
The Traditional Family is the Answer
By Fran Eaton   |   04.14.10
You’ve got to shake your head a little at the exploding number of folks on the streets shouting and holding signs saying, “We’re taxed enough already!” or “Smaller government, less taxes!” or the ever popular “Free markets, not socialism!” It’s...
The Girl Scout Sex Guide
03.25.10
By Austin Ruse –The Washington Times Sharon Slater, a mother of seven, innocently walked into a panel sponsored by the Girl Scouts USA at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women a few weeks ago. Almost immediately she...
When Unemployment Benefits Run Out, Foreclosures Will Go Up
By   |   03.01.10
On January 4, 2010 the Illinois Family Institute posted an exclusive report titled: Obama’s “Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan” Actually Putting Homeowners In Default or Foreclosure. The story detailed how a central Illinois family was told they were eligible for...
Study: Children Overwhelmed by Media
01.22.10
From Parents Television Counsel   The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, one of the nation’s leading institutions devoted to research about health-care issues and their impact on the public sphere, this week released its new study Generation M2: Media in...
Marriage Wins in New Jersey; Under Attack in California
By David E. Smith   |   01.15.10
The New Jersey State Senate chose to defend natural marriage last Thursday when a vote was taken on a bill to legalize homosexual so-called “marriage.” The 20-14 vote defeating the measure continues a growing string of victories in defense of...
Check for Daytime Curfew Proposal in Your Town!
01.14.10
By Scott A. Woodruff, Senior Counsel –Homeschool Legal Defense Association Some government officials have been pushing towns and cities to adopt daytime curfews. Regardless of how they may be worded, all daytime curfews must be opposed because they limit the...
The Lisa Miller Case: Cultural Revolution, Judicial Tyranny and Our National Future
01.12.10
by Deacon Keith Fournier –Catholic Online This tragic custody case sets up a conflict of laws issue as a part of a homosexual advocacy agenda. Lisa Miller lived in Virginia. She had a troubled childhood. Her mother suffered from mental...
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