Articles by Laurie Higgins
![Anthony Esolen on “Bullying Prevention” in Public Schools Anthony Esolen on “Bullying Prevention” in Public Schools](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ChickenLittle.png)
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Laurie Higgins
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08.15.13
My favorite writer, Anthony Esolen, Professor of English at Providence College in Rhode Island, has written yet another incisive and illuminating article, this time on the dishonest exploitation of school bullying prevention efforts for the purposes of normalizing homosexuality. His...
![Back to School: Teachers Who Exploit Their Position Back to School: Teachers Who Exploit Their Position](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/back-to-school.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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08.13.13
As your children start off a new school year, take time to get to know what’s going on in your local public schools.
Although taxpayers must address the issue of objectionable curricular material directly, which will involve challenging the specious...
![Same-Sex Parenting: a Form of Child Abuse Same-Sex Parenting: a Form of Child Abuse](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/childrencyprus.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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07.18.13
Robert Lopez is married, a father, and an English professor who was raised by two lesbians. His is a critically important new voice in the battle raging around issues related to homosexuality, including the redefinition of marriage and the needs...
![Hope for the Preborn Hope for the Preborn](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Paisley.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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07.12.13
It’s been a revolting year on the fetal front.
Recently, pro-abortion activists chanting “Hail Satan” in the Texas State house worked feverishly to protect the ghastly legal right of women to kill their preborn babies even after these babies can...
![Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act Wins in Court! Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act Wins in Court!](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Justices_large.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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07.11.13
Today the Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 is constitutional and, therefore, must take effect.
Finally, after almost 18 years of legal obstacles thrown in the path of this reasonable law...
![Homosexuality and the Persecution of the Church Homosexuality and the Persecution of the Church](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Persecution-of-the-Church.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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07.11.13
Yesterday, we re-posted an important piece by theologian and pastor Peter Leithart on the necessity of Christian commitment to truth on the issue of sexuality, particularly homosexuality, an issue that will lead ineluctably to the persecution of the church.
Today,...
![Shocking Child Molestation Story Shocking Child Molestation Story](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Pedophile.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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07.02.13
In 2010, the Australian press, as in thrall to the homosexual community as our ignorant, sycophantic America press is, told the foolishly titled story “Two dads are better than one,” about a homosexual couple who went to Russia to adopt a child....
![Alarming Supreme Court Marriage Decisions Alarming Supreme Court Marriage Decisions](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/scalia.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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06.26.13
Today in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman, is unconstitutional. This decision compels...
![Ignorance Wins in Middle School Book Controversy Ignorance Wins in Middle School Book Controversy](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/perks-wallflower.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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06.13.13
On June 10, the Hadley Middle School Board of Education in Glen Ellyn reversed its prior decision to exclude the obscene and sexually graphic The Perks of Being a Wallflower from its independent reading program. This second vote was 6-1...
![Correction and Request Regarding Hadley Middle School Correction and Request Regarding Hadley Middle School](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Glen-Ellyn.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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06.10.13
Important Address Correction: The Hadley Middle School Board of Education meeting next Monday, June 10 will be held at the Central Services Office, 793 N Main St. Glen Ellyn, 60137 (map). It begins at 7:30.
![Email Exchange with Teacher About The Perks of Being a Wallflower Email Exchange with Teacher About The Perks of Being a Wallflower](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Perks-of-Being-a-Wallflower-The-poster.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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06.05.13
Here’s an email I received from a Christian public school teacher who defends the teaching in public schools of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, followed by my response:
I am a conservative, a church-attending Christian, a public school elementary...
![Glen Ellyn Middle School Embroiled in Book Controversy Glen Ellyn Middle School Embroiled in Book Controversy](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Perks-of-Being-a-Wallflower.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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06.03.13
Last December students in Tina Booth’s 8th grade literacy class at Hadley Middle School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois were divided into small groups and assigned to choose a book to read. One group chose the infamous The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which set in motion a controversy that persists today.
![You Did It! Anti-Marriage Bill Stopped You Did It! Anti-Marriage Bill Stopped](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/GO-1024x515.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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06.01.13
The bill to legalize same-sex “marriage” has failed to advance in the Illinois House before lawmakers adjourned for the summer. In a bit of political theater, the bill’s sponsor, homosexual activist Greg Harris (D-Chicago) wept as he stood on the...
![Boy Scouts of America: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen Boy Scouts of America: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/boy-scouts-of-america-GAY.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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05.28.13
Most people don’t know that men who sexually desire only male children are not homosexual. How can that be, a rational person may ask. The reason is that the “mental health” community, or the segment of it that controls the...
![The Left Exploits Elizabeth Smart to Promote Comprehensive Sex Ed The Left Exploits Elizabeth Smart to Promote Comprehensive Sex Ed](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/HB-2675_oppose_2.jpg)
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Laurie Higgins
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05.21.13
Editor’s Note: This bill could be called for a vote this week in the Illinois Senate. Please take a few minutes to contact your state senator today! In their relentless effort to rob Illinois communities of the right to choose...