Articles by Monte Larrick
![The Importance of Value Voting The Importance of Value Voting](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Election_2018-516x260.png)
By Monte Larrick
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10.05.18
Do you believe your vote can make a difference? Do you truly value your right to cast your vote? If you answered “yes,” then you know your vote is valuable and your actions in the voting booth should be consistent...
![With Sports Betting, Legislators Gamble with Illinois’ Well-Being With Sports Betting, Legislators Gamble with Illinois’ Well-Being](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sportsbetting-2-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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06.07.18
Due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision, the odds have improved for legal sports betting to come to Illinois. Proponents are promising lots of tax revenue from bets on baseball, basketball, football, and other sports.
![Praying for Renewal in Illinois Praying for Renewal in Illinois](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/pray-prayer-bible-620-516x275.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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05.17.18
Christians are uniting in prayer for Illinois and the nation as lawmakers press for an anti-life, anti-family agenda that threatens our culture with even further decline.
![Anti-Life Groups Pushing the Equal Rights Amendment on Illinois Anti-Life Groups Pushing the Equal Rights Amendment on Illinois](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/o-black-mother-holding-baby-facebook3-copy-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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05.08.18
The Illinois Constitution already guarantees equal protection regardless of sex. But, that's not stopping Planned Parenthood and other anti-life organizations from trying to make Illinois the 37th state of the 38 needed to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
![Equal Rights Amendment Brings Inequality for the Unborn Equal Rights Amendment Brings Inequality for the Unborn](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/o-black-mother-holding-baby-facebook3-copy-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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04.20.18
With an eye on the November elections, state lawmakers are reviving the Equal Rights Amendment, but a leading opponent warns that ratification will mean more abortions.
![Rep. Breen: Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Will Not Be Normalized Rep. Breen: Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Will Not Be Normalized](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Breen-516x260.png)
By Monte Larrick
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03.29.18
Planned Parenthood would like taxpayer funding of abortions to go on unquestioned, but the fight in Illinois is ramping up.
![Illinois: The Abortion Center of the Midwest Illinois: The Abortion Center of the Midwest](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/illinois3-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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03.13.18
While Wisconsin and other states take steps to protect life, more women are traveling to Illinois for abortions.
![Police Chief Issues a Warning on Legalized Marijuana Police Chief Issues a Warning on Legalized Marijuana](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Pot-1-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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02.27.18
The President of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police is encouraging a "NO" vote on a Cook County marijuana referendum.
![Pastors Descend on Springfield in Prayer Pastors Descend on Springfield in Prayer](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Prayer-Bibile-516x259.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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02.08.18
Pastors are praying for change in Illinois and they're looking to raise new leaders for our state from within their congregations.
![Thousands March for Life in Chicago Thousands March for Life in Chicago](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/March-for-Life-516x260.png)
By Monte Larrick
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01.16.18
Life advocates are calling for an end to taxpayer funding of abortions and dream that one day abortion will not only be illegal, but also "unthinkable."
![The Sanctity of Life Goes to Court The Sanctity of Life Goes to Court](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bwk36pink-baby-516x291.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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12.24.17
While the courts decide on taxpayer funded elective abortions and compelled pro-abortion speech, Springfield Right to Life will fight for women and their unborn babies next door to Planned Parenthood.
![Making Room for Baby Jesus in the Illinois Rotunda Making Room for Baby Jesus in the Illinois Rotunda](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/creche-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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12.07.17
Thanks to the work of the Springfield Nativity Scene Committee, the state capitol rotunda is once again the site for a privately funded creche display. Tom Brejcha, the president of the Thomas More Society, points out that the public interest law firm is working with groups to bring nativity scenes and the Gospel message to cities across the nation.
![American Universities Need a Lesson in Freedom American Universities Need a Lesson in Freedom](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/college-debt-worsens-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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11.18.17
Historian David Barton says taxpayer-funded colleges and universities have long been known as breeding grounds for left-leaning indoctrination. However, conservative lawmakers are starting to demand neutrality and an end to speech codes that silence free expression on campuses.
![Restoring Hope to Those with Same-Sex Attraction Restoring Hope to Those with Same-Sex Attraction](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/122061395-1-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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11.03.17
Governor Rauner and his like-minded colleagues in the General Assembly made Illinois one of a handful of states to ban counseling that steers children away from same-sex attraction. Licensed therapists are even prohibited from offering such counseling to young people who seek it.
![Prayer is Changing Hearts and Lives in the Abortion Crisis Prayer is Changing Hearts and Lives in the Abortion Crisis](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/40Days.color_-copy-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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10.24.17
Governor Bruce Rauner and Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly are using House Bill 40 to force taxpayers to fund abortions in Illinois.