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A Follow Up Critique: Sound of Freedom (Part 2)

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Tim Ballard has recently become a celebrated hero in the war on sex trafficking through the film “The Sound of Freedom”, which portrays his life and the organization he founded, Operation Underground Railroad. As you know the IFI has long been a champion of anything which supports Christian values and which strengthens and supports the traditional family, and certainly coming against child pornography and child sex trafficking is consistent with that mission. But as members of our staff have researched Tim Ballard and his organization OUR, many concerning facts have come to light.

Posted in Education, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Media Watch, Sexuality | Tagged 13th Amendment, age of consent, American Crime Journal, Anne T. Gallagher, Anti-Trafficking Review, Booker T. Washington, civil war, Earl Venton Buchanan, Foreign Policy, Gerald Mole, human trafficking, International Justice Mission, International Planned Parenthood Federation, John Jay College, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Human Trafficking Task Force, Lynn Packer, Meg Conley, NGO, Non-Governmental Organization, Office to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking, Operation Underground Railroad, OUR, Polaris Project, Slate, Sound of Freedom?, Sound of Freedom? – Part 2, Tim Ballard, Trump, U.S. State Department, United Nations, Utah’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force | Comments Off

Human Trafficking, Humanity, and History

Posted on September 24, 2020 by David E Smith

In recent years some organizations and movements on the left have placed a greater emphasis on the role of slavery in our nation’s past. To their view, this “original” sin surrounding the nation’s beginnings cast a permanent pall that cannot ever be overcome. Black Lives Matter (BLM) and The 1619 Project are two of the most prominent examples of this, but neither seek to engage and end slavery for its present-day victims.

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Adiele Afigbo, Black Lives Matter, human trafficking, Michael Pompeo, Nwaubani Ogogo, The 1619 Project, Trafficking in Persons, U.S. State Department | Comments Off

Identity Politics: Is America and the World Running Out of Patience with LGBTQIA Activism?

Posted on February 22, 2018 by David E Smith

The topic of identity politics and the widening opportunity it presents to conservatives continues to be a hot topic. Here are just three examples from recent op eds.

First up is Glenn Stanton writing at Public Discourse:

Is America Running Out of Patience with LGBT Activism?

From surprisingly fast and unexpected victory can come great hubris and the desire to utterly crush one’s opponents.

GLAAD, a leading gay advocacy outfit, released a new report showing that positive attitudes toward homosexuality and people who identify as LGBT have decreased a bit over the last few years. They sum up their

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Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Chad Felix Greene, Glenn Stanton, lgbt agenda, Ronald Reagan, Stefano Gennarini, U.S. State Department, United Nations | Comments Off