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By David E. Smith
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05.03.25
As you may know, the Springfield LGBTQIA+ Pride Fest is scheduled for May 17, 2025. The number of these types of events are growing throughout the state, including Decatur, Alton, Belleville, Peoria, Champaign/Urbana, Olney and Salem.

By Jenna Smith
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05.03.25
My social media feed has recently been flooded with friends and celebrities participating in the ice bucket challenge. As the trend was taken on by those in my close friend circles, like any sane person, I began to pray nobody would pick me to endure such frigid torture.

By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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05.02.25
As if we needed it, the Department of Homeland Security posted this reminder on April 12th:

By David E. Smith
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04.30.25
Illinois State Representative Grasse was called upon today to give the opening prayer in that chamber. Instead of taking a few minutes to thank God for His goodness and then humbly ask for His help, wisdom and direction for their work, she decided to lead the assembled officials in a moment of utter irreverence.

By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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04.30.25
President Trump, along with his advisors, are currently in the process of debating government programs to incentivize families to have children and thereby fight the declining birth rate.

By Rev. Calvin Lindstrom
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04.29.25
A troubling bill is pending in the Illinois House after passing in the Illinois Senate. Our state lawmakers are seeking to implement universal mental health screening annually in public schools. Although the Board of Education would bring in “professionals” to implement the screenings, we've many reasons to be suspicious that the values of the government would not align with Christian family values.

By Thomas Hampson
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04.29.25
In the recent controversy in Deerfield School District 109, it is alleged that administrators at Alan B. Shepard Middle School and the District forced young girls to change in front of a boy who identifies as a girl.

By David E. Smith
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04.28.25
Every human being is created by Almighty God in His image and has inherent dignity and value. Terminal illnesses and suffering does not diminish this fact.

By David E. Smith
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04.26.25
President Trump and Attorney General Bondi recognize that religious liberty is foundational to all of our Constitutional freedoms, and that they are doing all they can do to protect our first freedom. All Americans should be free to exercise their faith without government intrusion in school, in the military, in the workplace, and in the public square.