![Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Say It Ain’t So! Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Say It Ain’t So!](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Sessions_trans-teen-516x260.jpg)
By Laurie Higgins
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06.23.17
Some readers may be blissfully unaware of DOJ Pride, the “Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Employees of the U.S. Department of Justice and Their Allies.” According to its website, “DOJ Pride is the recognized organization for all...
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06.01.17
Recent Congressional Votes
Senate: Elwood Nomination - Confirmation
Senate: Iran Sanctions - Cloture
House: Customs and Border Protection Polygraph Waiver
House: Financial Regulation Restructuri
![President Trump Should Keep His Promise and Pull Out of Paris Climate Agreement President Trump Should Keep His Promise and Pull Out of Paris Climate Agreement](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/26679600783_03947e48b7_k-e1495202611715-516x260.jpg)
05.27.17
President Donald Trump attends his first G7 Summit May 26–27. There he will face enormous pressure to break a promise to those who elected him.
![Women Look to Stop the Resurrection of the Equal Rights Amendment [VIDEO] Women Look to Stop the Resurrection of the Equal Rights Amendment [VIDEO]](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ERA_War-on-Women-graphic-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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05.23.17
The Equal Rights Amendment is once again before Illinois lawmakers, and if enacted is sure to launch a real war on women.
![Exiting the Paris Climate Agreement Exiting the Paris Climate Agreement](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Temps-516x260.jpg)
05.02.17
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appeared on “Fox & Friends” April 13 and said, “Paris is something we really need to look at closely, because it’s something we need to exit, in my opinion.”
Why? “It’s a bad deal for America. China and India had no obligations under the agreement until 2030, we front-loaded all of our costs, at the expense of jobs.”
That’s a good start. It should resonate well with Americans who use electricity at home or work and gas or diesel in their cars — i.e., pretty much all of us.
![Healthcare Professionals File FTC Complaint Against the SPLC, HRC and NCLR Healthcare Professionals File FTC Complaint Against the SPLC, HRC and NCLR](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ChristopherDoyle-516x260.jpg)
By Laurie Higgins
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05.02.17
Finally, medical and mental health professionals are bringing a gun to the gunfight.
The National Task Force for Therapy Equality (NTFTE), “a coalition of psychotherapists, psychiatrists, physicians, public policy organizations, and clients who experience unwanted same-sex attractions and gender identity...
![A Question of Lawful Authority A Question of Lawful Authority](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CONGRESS-516x260.jpg)
By Robert Knight
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04.06.17
Baseball season gets underway this week, a welcome distraction from the political battles in Washington.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate is warring over the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. The Republicans say he’s a stellar nominee, a judicial umpire...
![Momentum Building To Defund Planned Parenthood Momentum Building To Defund Planned Parenthood](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Defund-516x260.png)
By Chris Iverson
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03.31.17
A politically dramatic scene occurred on March 30th. U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia), recovering from back surgery, and Vice President Mike Pence arrived in the U.S. Senate to cast votes for a bill that reverses an abortion-clinic Obama-era...
![U.S. House Votes to Permanently Ban Taxpayer Funding of Abortion U.S. House Votes to Permanently Ban Taxpayer Funding of Abortion](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paulryanhyde-516x260.png)
By David E. Smith
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01.25.17
On January 24th, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 238 to 183 today to permanently ban taxpayer funding of abortion. The Illinois Congressional Delegation voted 8-10 in favor of this bill, along party lines with the lone exception of Democrat U.S. Representative Daniel Lipinski of Chicago, who voted on the side of life.
![Restoring Justice Restoring Justice](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1_152017_b3-knig-just-us-gg8201_c0-0-2219-1294_s561x327-516x260.jpg)
By Robert Knight
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01.19.17
Eric Holder and Loretta E. Lynch have been perhaps the most flagrant partisans ever to hold the office of attorney general.
Year after year, they rubber stamped whatever the Obama administration wanted to do, legally or otherwise.
So it was...
![High Hopes Federalism & Freedom will Trump in 2017 High Hopes Federalism & Freedom will Trump in 2017](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wcftv-516x260.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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01.11.17
One of Illinois' top legal minds says he expects the Donald Trump administration to a friend to religious freedom in America.
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By John Biver
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12.27.16
The men and women that you elect to the U.S. Congress in both chambers need to hear from you regularly on the important issues, and they need to hear from you today regarding the latest actions of Illinois’ own U.S....
![Is Our Constitution Going to Pot? Is Our Constitution Going to Pot?](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/marijuana-civil-rights-perspec-001-516x260.jpg)
12.15.16
Imagine this: Upon taking his oath of office, President Donald Trump instructs his new attorney general, Jeff Sessions, to ignore civil rights laws.
How would that go over?
![Global Warming: Policy Hoax versus Dodgy Science Global Warming: Policy Hoax versus Dodgy Science](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/on-iceberg-bay_1365264i-516x260.png)
11.23.16
In the early 1990s I was visiting the White House Science Advisor, Sir Prof. Dr. Robert Watson, who was pontificating on how we had successfully regulated Freon to solve the ozone depletion problem...