Happy Independence Day!
The Illinois Family Institute wishes our readers and supporters a very safe and happy holiday weekend!
In spirit of the history of this important day I thought you might like to see how one of our key founders viewed this holiday and hoped that it might be celebrated by future generations (though he mistakenly thought July 2nd, the day the Continental Congress voted to declare our independence from England, would be the national holiday in years to come.)
On July 2, 1776, after long and wrenching debate, the Continental Congress finally voted to declare independence. The next night John Adams went back to his rooming house in Philadelphia to write, his beloved wife Abigail in Boston. He praised in the birth of a new nation and explained this historic day in this way:
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Chicago Public School CEO Ron Huberman Meets with Homosexual Activists
According to the Chicago Free Press, on Monday, June 22 openly homosexual CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Ron Huberman, met with homosexual teens and community activists from a group called Gender Just who are "demanding" that Huberman "immediately commit to implementing several changes in order to make the city's schools safe for all students, particularly GLBT youth."
Here is their list of demands:- They want the CPS to move forward with the homosexual high school, Social Justice Solidarity High School (formerly Pride Campus).
- They are asking that the term "gender expression" be added to CPS anti-discrimination policy (which would be an indefensible and disastrous request to accommodate).
- They want the CPS to create a district-wide accountability officer.
- They want to require additional teacher-training on GLBT issues.
- They want schools to distribute a resource guide and handbook written by Gender JUST to all CPS students.
- They want to revisit Renaissance 2010 (Mayor Daley's school initiative through which the high school for homosexual and transgender students was created) and how it possibly impacts at-risk students.
- They want a signed directive that promises to make all CPS schools safe and affirming for all students.
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Mike Huckabee Blasts False Notion That Common Ground Exists in Abortion Debate
In an interview with Jon Stewart of the "Daily Show" on Comedy Central last week, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee blasted the false notion that common ground exists in the abortion debate.
The notion that there is common ground on killing children and hurting women has been repeatedly taken to task by pro-life advocates.
Huckabee said that abortion advocates don't want to give an inch in the abortion debate by accepting even modest limits on abortion such as parental notification, which would allow parents to know when their daughters are considering the life-altering decision.
Stewart talked about how abortion advocates may have the best interests of women in mind, but Huckabee countered that pro-life advocates care for both mother and child.
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Health Care Includes a Bigger Dose of Planned Parenthood
While the Senate hammers through two unpopular health care bills, House leaders jumped into the fray on Friday with their own version of "reform." At 852 pages, this draft is the longest and most radical yet. Unlike Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D-Mass.) plan, this bill--the brainchild of Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.)--includes almost everything on President Obama's wish list.
For the first time in either chamber, pro-lifers are faced with the "family planning" nightmare FRC has been warning about: government funding for abortionists. For weeks, key players in the abortion movement have been working with the Obama administration to guarantee that they would profit from any health care overhaul. That lobbying could pay off--quite literally--in the House. The Miller-Waxman-Rangel bill is a dream come true for groups like Planned Parenthood. Under this proposal, funding for "family planning" would be mandatory, meaning that organizations like Planned Parenthood (which already counts on taxpayers for a third of its budget) would stand to make even more under the guise of "reform."
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Become a Sustaining Partner
Dear Pro-Family Friends,
 Times are tough economically. I know you are careful where every penny is spent these days. Please know that the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) greatly appreciates every gift we receive -- no matter the size.
In light of the current economic climate, and to help meet our financial needs, I'd like to encourage you to consider becoming an IFI Sustaining Partner.
If you have never given on a regular basis to our ministry, would you please consider a small monthly gift -- as little as even $10, $15 or $20?
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Chicago Elementary School Children To March In "Gay" Pride Parade
I am so angry I could scream -- but instead I'll write.
Nettelhorst Elementary School, a public school located in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, has the dubious honor of being the first Chicago public school to march in Chicago's "gay pride" parade on Sunday.
According to an article in the Windy City Times, and not surprisingly, "Brad Rossi, a gay parent of a first-grade girl, and Marcia Festen, a lesbian parent of two daughters, one of whom is in kindergarten, were both crucial in bringing the idea to the school. The two worked together in the 1980s, and Rossi says that the idea came from California."
I have asked before and I will ask again, how depraved does the behavior have to become to which our public schools expose children and how young do the children have to be before conservatives and faith communities rise up in righteous indignation?
According to the Chicago Tribune, "The black metal fence in front of Nettelhorst Elementary School is obscured by thousands of strips of dyed fabric-yellows giving way to greens, then blues, purples and reds-each one tied on by the small hands of a student." How special.
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What Hillary and Tina Can Learn from Sarah Palin
Have you noticed that the liberal left keeps someone in their cross hairs at all times? They are like the bully on the playground who always has to make a spectacle out of the kid least likely to fight back. Their tactics are the same; isolate, belittle, degrade.
Take David Letterman for example, once a funny young man, now an obviously bitter old man trying to keep his ratings up with political jokes, by vilification of the President of the United States. With republicans out of office, thats no longer in vogue. So he looks around the playground and targets the new girl--Sarah Palin (and her daughter). The Letterman assault is a perfect example of how liberals attack and destroy-- with a smile.
At long last, after public outrage, last week Letterman issued his apology--and it is accepted. May I point out that it took two tries? The first round, Palin didnt buy it--and rightfully so. It was a sorry excuse for an apology. By deflecting criticism in saying that his joke was not about her 14 year-old daughter, but rather about her 18 year-old daughter shows he is completely oblivious to the fact that her daughters, at any age, should never be target of crude sexual jokes.
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