Education
Liberal Lawmaker Scrambles to Find Evidence for Comprehensive Sex Ed Bill But Fails
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.09.13
As noted in my last article on the comprehensive sex ed bill (HB 2675), no lawmakers in the Illinois House who supported the bill, including the sponsors, provided any research-based evidence during floor debates proving the superior effectiveness of comprehensive sex ed. In response to an inquiry from an Illinois citizen, State Representative Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) provided two articles and one study in defense of her support for this troubling and unnecessary bill...
Embarrassing Truth about Illinois Lawmakers, Sex Ed Bill, and Absence of Research
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.07.13
During the floor debate in the Illinois House of Representatives, supporters of the “comprehensive sex ed” bill (HB 2675), continually...
What “Comprehensive” Sex Education Really Means
By David E. Smith   |   05.06.13
When you hear the term “comprehensive” as a way to describe legislation, you can be sure the government has big plans to invade a new corner of your life. “Comprehensive sex education” for public schools is no exception. That’s why it’s critical HB 2675 be stopped!
Planned Parenthood’s Sex Education Bill Advances
By Kathy Valente   |   05.03.13
On Wednesday, May 1st, Mrs. Tammy Schulz traveled with 2 of her children from Oak Park to Springfield to testify...
Illinois Should Not Mandate Inappropriate Sex Education
04.27.13
Once again, members of the Illinois Legislature are trying to mandate explicit, inappropriate sex education, as they attempt to do year after year. House Bill 2675 is peddled as an attempt to reduce “teen-pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases,” but this is a ruse. We are aware of no research indicating that contraceptive-based sex-education classes have ever shown a reduction in teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. While the bill’s supporters claim...
Middle School’s Anti-Bullying Activity: Girls Asked to Kiss Girls
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.25.13
If you want to see where the deceitful effort of homosexual activists to exploit bullying-prevention for their own selfish and...
Fatuous Floor Debate in Springfield on Comprehensive Sex Ed Bill
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.24.13
All Illinoisans should be troubled that our lawmakers vote for bills without demanding any evidence proving that the bills will...
Friday’s Day of Silence: Partisan Abuse of Public Resources
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.17.13
This Friday, April 19, 2013 is the National Day of Silence which is sponsored by the homosexuality-affirming advocacy group, the...
Warning: Comprehensive Sex Ed Returning to Springfield
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.09.13
Our relentless “progressive” lawmakers hell-bent on the early sexualization of children and the exploitation of public schools to normalize homosexuality...
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Teachers Promote Same-Sex “Marriage” During School in District 113
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.04.13
The week before the Illinois Senate was scheduled to vote on a bill to legalize same-sex “marriage,” student members of...
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The SPLC’s Newest Ideas for Public Schools
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.02.13
In addition to cowardice, one of the reasons that conservatives fail to oppose the myriad ways “progressives” exploit public schools...
“The Truth About Medical Marijuana” Conference in Palos Hills
03.26.13
Truth and Consequences of Marijuana as Medicine   A fact-checked, research-based discussion about marijuana and Illinois Our speakers will sort...
Keep Your Kids Home on Homosexuality-Affirming “Day of Silence”
By Laurie Higgins   |   03.13.13
On Friday April 19, 2013 the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is once again exploiting public schools to...
Sex-Ed – in Kindergarten?
By Julie Roys   |   03.06.13
Public schools across America soon will be teaching sex-ed to kindergarteners!  That is, if several national health and sex education groups...
Worried About Bullying?  Be More Worried About Govt. “Fixed” Schools
02.28.13
Let’s face it: Kids can be really dumb. I know, because I was once a kid. In kindergarten, I accidentally tied myself to a playground tetherball pole, leaving myself stranded and dangling when the recess bell rang. In sixth grade...



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