Articles by Laurie Higgins
![Planet Fitness Welcomes Men in Women’s Locker Room, Kicks Out Objector Planet Fitness Welcomes Men in Women’s Locker Room, Kicks Out Objector](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/judgement-free-zone.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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03.09.15
On Saturday, Feb. 28 Yvette Cormier entered her Midland, Michigan Planet Fitness gym to work out. To her surprise, she found a man in the locker room. She reported the incident to the front desk and was told that the man “identifies” as a woman and that Planet Fitness gyms—including their locker rooms—are “no judgment zones.”
![Ad Council Campaign to Eradicate Distinctions Between Types of Love Ad Council Campaign to Eradicate Distinctions Between Types of Love](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/LOVE-HAS-NO-LABELS.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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03.06.15
A viral video titled “Diversity & Inclusion–Love Has No Labels” provides clear evidence to disprove theories of social evolution. The public (dis)service video is an emotionally compelling, intellectually specious, and morally destructive piece of propaganda from the Ad Council:
![Hypocrisy of President and Progressive Pundits Hypocrisy of President and Progressive Pundits](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/obama-church.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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03.04.15
Constitutional revisionists within our mainstream press claim that First Amendment religious protections extend only to churches and homes. So, why is it that they become silent as church mice when President Barack Obama publicly appeals to his Christian faith in...
![Barronelle Stutzman and the Anti-Wedding Barronelle Stutzman and the Anti-Wedding](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BarronelleStutzman.png)
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Laurie Higgins
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02.28.15
Much metaphorical ink has been spilt over the un-American assault on the religious liberty of elderly Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman, who has withstood withering personal attacks and repressive government action with grace, courage, and steadfastness.
I’m reluctant to beat dead...
![Governor Scott Walker and Discerning Obama’s Faith Governor Scott Walker and Discerning Obama’s Faith](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/walker_obama.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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02.26.15
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is in hot water with omniscient Chicago Tribune pundit Rex Huppke for claiming ignorance about President Barack Obama’s faith. In answer to a question about whether he believes Obama is a Christian, Walker said he didn’t...
![Homosexuals Admit “Sexual Orientation” Can and Does Change Homosexuals Admit “Sexual Orientation” Can and Does Change](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Illinois_State_Capitol_February_Piles_of_Snow.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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02.24.15
Homosexual activists, intent on using every cultural institution—including public schools, the courts, and legislatures—to advance their non-factual beliefs, have been successful in their efforts in large measure because they have lied to Americans. How have they lied to Americans? Let...
![SPLC’s Slur Against and Apology-ish to Dr. Ben Carson SPLC’s Slur Against and Apology-ish to Dr. Ben Carson](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Carson.png)
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Laurie Higgins
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02.12.15
In October 2014, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) put Dr. Benjamin Carson on its “Extremist Watch List.” Why? Because Dr. Carson holds the traditional, historical, and true belief that marriage is the union of one man and one woman...
![Could Lives Be Harmed by Ambiguous, Political “Conversion Therapy” Bans? Could Lives Be Harmed by Ambiguous, Political “Conversion Therapy” Bans?](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Exploring-Teen-Depression-Symptoms-and-Treatment-in-More-Detail.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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02.11.15
Lesbian activist State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) is trying to rush out of committee her ill-conceived, poorly written mess of a bill that would prohibit any counseling efforts that may help minors construct an identity that does not include affirmation...
![Fifty Shades of Offal from Hollywood Fifty Shades of Offal from Hollywood](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/50-Shades.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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02.05.15
Sometimes we’re able to float through life blissfully unaware of the offal that the television, movie, cable, and video-streaming industries feed the culture. Often, we have a remarkable capacity for ingesting it and ignoring the vomit that results from ingesting...
![Psychologist’s Response to Intrusive “Conversion Therapy Prohibition Act” Psychologist’s Response to Intrusive “Conversion Therapy Prohibition Act”](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/HB217.png)
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Laurie Higgins
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01.29.15
IFI is richly blessed by the supportive, encouraging, wise, impassioned, and eloquent email messages and Facebook comments we receive. Yesterday, we received just such a message in response to the call-to-action article about State Representative Kelly Cassidy’s (D-Chicago) anti-identity-choice bill,...
![Same-Sex Mirage Likely to be Imposed on America Same-Sex Mirage Likely to be Imposed on America](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Ginsburg660.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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01.23.15
“When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead…”~ Grace Slick
A week ago, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether to impose same-sex faux-marriage on all 50 states. Judges have already imposed it on 25 states in contravention of...
![Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/TheyFeelPain1.png)
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Laurie Higgins
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01.20.15
U.S. Representatives Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have reintroduced the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” an earlier version of which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in the summer of 2013 but was stalled in the Harry Reid-controlled...
![NY Times Columnist Wants to Confine Religious Liberty to Church Closet NY Times Columnist Wants to Confine Religious Liberty to Church Closet](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/NoConvictionsOutsideChurch.png)
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Laurie Higgins
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01.13.15
Openly homosexual New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni has announced his generous support for the right of people of faith “to believe what they do and say what they wish—in their pews, homes and hearts.” (emphasis added).
Wow, thanks,...
![Liberals Seek to Ban TLC Show “My Husband’s Not Gay” Liberals Seek to Ban TLC Show “My Husband’s Not Gay”](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/MHNG1.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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01.10.15
The political Left, usually fanatical defenders of tolerance, diversity, freedom of expression, and choice in all things sexual, is in high dudgeon about a one-hour TLC television special titled My Husband’s Not Gay scheduled to air Sunday night (1/11/2015).
The...
![Is Theologically Orthodox Christianity to Blame for Josh Alcorn’s Suicide? Is Theologically Orthodox Christianity to Blame for Josh Alcorn’s Suicide?](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/proverbs14_12text.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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01.06.15
Tragically, three days after Christmas, 17-year-old Joshua Alcorn committed suicide by stepping into the path of a tractor-trailer. Josh suffered from both gender dysphoria and depression. He left behind a suicide note that lays the blame for his pain on...