![Because of Christians, America Isn’t a Theocracy Because of Christians, America Isn’t a Theocracy](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/20140731-Courts-1.jpg)
10.03.15
The beginning of American law, the concepts of independence and freedom, is rooted in the belief that moral absolutes exist within a universal standard of justice independent from political rulers. The Judeo-Christian faith is not separate from but foundational to just and fair public policies that encourage human flourishing.
![Army Kicking Out Green Beret For Protecting a Child Against Abuse Army Kicking Out Green Beret For Protecting a Child Against Abuse](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Suffer.jpg)
By Tim Wildmon
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10.02.15
When a decorated soldier was told to turn a blind eye from intervening in the case of a child who was being repeatedly raped and beaten, he knew it was an order he had to refuse. Now, doing the right thing will cost him his career.
![A Duty to Interpose A Duty to Interpose](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/John-Knox.jpg)
One of the things we must absolutely learn how to do better than we do is distinguish things that differ, especially things that look similar but which differ radically. We must learn to say, as Dorothy Sayers once famously said, distinguo. I distinguish.
![Pro-Family Activist Warns About ‘Equality Act’ Pro-Family Activist Warns About ‘Equality Act’](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/EqualityActPressConf.png)
A pro-family activist is warning that a so-called "equality" bill in Congress would advance the homosexual agenda if it becomes law.
![The 2016 Campaign for President and the Info War About the U.S. Constitution The 2016 Campaign for President and the Info War About the U.S. Constitution](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/we-the-people-graphic-3.jpg)
By John Biver
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09.15.15
Over the course of the past few months I gathered articles about the question of “judicial supremacy” — are U.S. Supreme Court decisions “the law of the land,” or are they rulings on cases?
Here is that page of excerpts,...
![Kim Davis, ‘Lawless’ in Kentucky Kim Davis, ‘Lawless’ in Kentucky](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kim-davis-court-sketch.jpg)
09.14.15
Until her release [last week], Kim Davis, the clerk of rural Rowan County, Kentucky, was confined to a jail cell because she refused to issue marriage licenses over her name to same-sex couples. She has been pilloried in the media for “lawlessness” and compared not to Martin Luther King Jr. for her civil disobedience but to Governor George Wallace of Alabama. Michael Keegen of the grossly misnamed People for the American Way called her actions an “abuse of power” and proposed instead that she should “find another line of work” — that is, resign her elected office — if she “can’t in good conscience fulfill [her] duties.”
![Is Kim Davis Right to Refuse Marriage Licenses? Is Kim Davis Right to Refuse Marriage Licenses?](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/full_is-kim-davis-right-to-refuse-marriage-licenses.jpg)
09.12.15
Written by Pastor John Piper
I don’t know Kim Davis’s heart, so I can’t assess her motives. And I don’t know her theology. It is possible to do right actions for wrong reasons, and so be wrong in doing right....
![10 Questions For Rule-of-Law Critics Of Kim Davis 10 Questions For Rule-of-Law Critics Of Kim Davis](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/HUCKABEE_CRUZ.jpg)
09.12.15
There’s much talk of late about Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. She actually stopped issuing all marriage licenses, to avoid the charge of discrimination. She’s now out of jail, although it’s possible she’ll be sent back.
![Judicial Tyranny in Kentucky Judicial Tyranny in Kentucky](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/judicialtyranny.jpg)
09.11.15
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled by the narrowest possible margin that Kentucky’s definition of marriage is unconstitutional, the Court’s decision was qualified by its assurance that religious freedom would not be jeopardized. “The First Amendment ensures that religious organizations and persons are given proper protection,” the Court solemnly intoned on June 26.
![In Which I Paint With Some Bright Yellows In Which I Paint With Some Bright Yellows](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dowhatsright.jpg)
A consensus appears to be developing among otherwise reasonable people that Kim Davis, of Rowan County fame, either needs to start issuing marriage licenses or quit her job.
For those just joining us, a county clerk in Kentucky is refusing...
![Cecil Richards’ Counterproductive Letter to Congress Cecil Richards’ Counterproductive Letter to Congress](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/congress.jpg)
09.01.15
A pro-life leader believes a letter from Planned Parenthood attacking The Center for Medical Progress proves the abortion giant is guilty of violating federal law.
The 11-page letter from Cecile Richards to members of Congress tries to explain away The Center's secret videos of dealings between Planned Parenthood and organ procurement organizations to harvest aborted baby body parts.
![Statement on Conversion Therapy Ban Statement on Conversion Therapy Ban](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/I-Cor-6_11.jpg)
08.26.15
Mauck & Baker is a well-respected Chicago law firm committed to protecting religious liberty through the application of biblical principles. In the service of this commitment, they have issued a statement regarding Republican Governor Bruce Rauner’s deeply troubling abandonment of...
![Gov. Mike Huckabee on Social Issues in the 2016 Election Gov. Mike Huckabee on Social Issues in the 2016 Election](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/o-MIKE-HUCKABEE-facebook1.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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08.21.15
Former Arkansas Governor and current 2016 Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee has some strong encouragement in keeping social conservatives active in the upcoming elections. Governor Huckabee spoke at the Freedom’s Journal Institute’s recent RISE Initiative conference.
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Illinois Family Institute
Faith, Family ...
![Gov. Mike Huckabee on Social Issues in the 2016 Election Gov. Mike Huckabee on Social Issues in the 2016 Election](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/o-MIKE-HUCKABEE-facebook.jpg)
By Monte Larrick
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08.12.15
Former Arkansas Governor and current 2016 Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee has some strong encouragement in keeping social conservatives active in the upcoming elections. Governor Huckabee spoke at the Freedom’s Journal Institute’s recent RISE Initiative conference.
![YouTube video](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AGLGRmu-J-4/hqdefault.jpg)
![A Federal Opportunity to Defund Planned Parenthood A Federal Opportunity to Defund Planned Parenthood](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/defund_pp.jpg)
By David E. Smith
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08.01.15
In the wake of yet another video linking Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, to the sale of organs from aborted babies, lawmakers in the U.S. Senate are planning to vote to defund the inhumane organization that profits from...