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The Bouncing Ball of Government Economics
By   |   02.22.09
I didn’t need a new federally funded research program to figure out that little boys think differently than little girls. Simply raising a few of each is all it takes to quickly see this in action. If you tell a...
Celebrity Death Match: Abercrombie & Fitch vs. American Apparel
By Laurie Higgins   |   02.06.09
If you thought our corporate profiteers couldn’t sink any lower than Abercrombie does in using soft-core porn images to lure teens, you’re not imaginative enough. For some twisted reason, the retail clothing chain American Apparel, which sells clothing and accessories...
A Country of Belligerent Children
By   |   01.21.09
For the last eight years we’ve been living with a bunch of children who don’t seem to know the first thing about family, respect for authority, or some of the simplest manners. I have to confess, this confounds me to...
Louisiana Forced to Recognize Same-Sex Adoption
01.09.09
By Charlie Butts and Marty Cooper –OneNewsNow Two California homosexuals have won a federal lawsuit, allowing both their names to be on their adopted son’s Louisiana birth certificate. According to Chron.com, the state of Louisiana initially refused the request because...
Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking Sites
01.08.09
by Serena Gordon, HealthDay Reporter –WashingtonPost.com More than half of teens who use the social networking site MySpace have posted information about sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence, new research shows. The good news, according to a second study from...
Family Breakdown Costs Illinois Taxpayers Nearly $2 Billion Annually
By David E. Smith   |   04.18.08
First-Time Research Reveals Staggering Annual Taxpayer Costs for Divorce and Unwed Childbearing. Costs Taxpayers at Least $112 Billion a Year In first-ever research, a new report quantifies a minimum $112 billion annual taxpayer cost from high rates of divorce and...
Spring Cleaning Family Memories
By   |   04.10.08
Feminists in the seventies coined the popular phrase, “I’m going to find myself.” It was extremely useful for breakups, divorces, and rich kids wanting to drop out of college and hitch-hike across Europe. I say if you really want to...
IFI Press Release: Marriage Protection Ballot Measure Passes Easily in Illinois Township, Would Pass Statewide in Illinois if Given the Chance
11.09.06
In Tuesday’s elections, we saw the citizens of seven states vote to pass state constitutional amendments to secure marriage as the union between one man and one woman. Tennessee, Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin bring the...
IFI Denounces Rep. Fritchey’s ‘Parental Rights Circumvention Act’
10.11.06
New bill would allow certain “responsible parties” to circumvent your parental rights. DuPage–Illinois Family Institute joins the growing chorus of critics of legislation recently introduced by State Rep. John Fritchey (D-Chicago) regarding parents’ right to be notified if their minor...
07.05.06
Illinois Family Institute remains hopeful that the Marriage Protection Referendum will be on the November ballot, as the legal challenge to the state’s initial review of the marriage petitions begins. A State Board of Elections sample of the pro-marriage petitions...
05.08.06
News Release, May 8, 2006  SPRINGFIELD, Illinois–Volunteers from across the state will be in the capital today to hand-deliver 345,199 signatures to the Board of Elections–to place a referendum on the November ballot asking if the General Assembly should amend...
04.27.06
Garcia Claims Campaign Will Lead to ‘Harassment’ News Release, April 27, 2006 GLEN ELLYN–Illinois Family Institute today challenged homosexual activist Rick Garcia not to try to stop the Protect Marriage Illinois (PMI) referendum from getting on the ballot, saying, “Since...
10.22.05
The benefits of marriage between a man and a woman, and the devastating effects of divorce, continue to be proven by new research.  A study from the University of Chicago, funded by the National Institute on Aging, concluded that more...
07.25.05
Chicago, Ill.–Illinois Family Institute (IFI) and Protect Marriage Illinois (PMI), will protest the AFL-CIOconvention today at Chicago’s Navy Pier — asking rank-and-file attendees if they are aware that union leaders are undercutting the institution of marriage as between one man...
An Open Letter to Mothers of Young Children
05.06.05
I have gained 572 pounds and lost 500 pounds. Granted, it took 29 years of marriage and giving birth to nine children. For 20 years I referred to myself as the incredible expanding woman; with at least three dress sizes...
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