Articles by David E. Smith
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David E. Smith
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02.22.13
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
The turnout for our Defend Marriage Lobby Day on Wednesday was beyond our expectations. I thank each and everyone of you who came out to participate in the largest pro-family event at the Illinois...
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David E. Smith
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02.19.13
Bishop RD Edwin Goodwin Sr. leads the Northwest region of the International Church of God in Christ (COGIC). He speaks for 500 churches in Illinois.
Motivated by love of God and love of neighbor, Bishop Goodwin wrote to Governor Patrick...
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David E. Smith
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02.15.13
Pro-life and religious leaders are sharply criticizing the Obama Administration’s revised contraceptive and abortion drug mandate, saying that it still requires religious employers to finance abortifacient drugs in their health insurance plans.
“With another phony compromise, the Obama Administration continues...
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David E. Smith
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02.14.13
Despite an outpouring of calls, emails and faxes against redefining marriage and family, lawmakers in the Illinois Senate passed SB 10 on Thursday afternoon by a vote of 34 to 21 with 2 voting present.
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David E. Smith
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02.11.13
Join IFI and Illinois families from around the state to take a stand for protecting marriage, religious freedom, parental rights and the innocence of our children! Plan to bring your family and friends AND organize your church to support this...
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David E. Smith
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01.31.13
A university employee who was suspended from her job because of her support for the institution of marriage has been reinstated to her position. Angela McCaskill was relieved of her job last October as the chief diversity officer for Gallaudet...
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David E. Smith
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01.08.13
The Speak Out Illinois 2013 conference will be held on Saturday, February 2 at Crowne Plaza O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont.
This year's featured speakers are Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, Ryan Bomberger, founder of the Radiance Foundation, and Star Parker, president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education.
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David E. Smith
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01.06.13
On Friday afternoon, the Illinois State Senate Executive Committee heard testimony on Senator Heather Steans‘ “Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act” (HB 4963). With nine Democrats and 6 Republicans on this committee, the bill easily passed out of the committee...
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David E. Smith
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01.05.13
The push to redefine marriage in the lame duck session of the General Assembly stalled due to the lack of votes in the Illinois Senate after the Executive Committee approved it on Friday. With only a few days before the...
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David E. Smith
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12.22.12
Multiple media sources are cheerfully reporting that supporters of marriage-redefinition may try to pass their same-sex “marriage” bill during the lame duck session of the General Assembly next month (January 3-9).
State Representative Greg Harris (D-Chicago), who identifies as homosexual...
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David E. Smith
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12.19.12
A Christian counseling student who was the subject of religious discrimination has won a major settlement against Eastern Michigan University.
University officials have agreed to pay Julea Ward $75,000, after having expelled her from the school’s graduate counseling program.
As...
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David E. Smith
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12.18.12
The far-left student government at the University of California-Berkeley is calling for the removal of Salvation Army donation boxes from the campus, charging that the charity organization is “homophobic.”
The Associated Students of the University of California have passed a...
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David E. Smith
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12.11.12
In an overt act of religious discrimination, a Kentucky T-shirt manufacturer has been found guilty of “sexual orientation” discrimination for refusing to print T-shirts for a community homosexual festival.
Organizers of the Lexington, Kentucky “gay pride” event had filed the...
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David E. Smith
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12.05.12
United Parcel Service has announced that they are suspending all funding to the Boy Scouts of America because of the organizations’s requirement that Scouts and their leaders be “morally straight.”
UPS says it will end its annual grants to the...
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David E. Smith
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10.28.12
During the last several months, three mid-west candidates campaigning for Congress and the U.S. Senate have stirred controversy by trying to explain their pro-life views in situations of rape and incest.
While these candidates may have fumbled in their attempts...
