![U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Files Bill to Ban U.S.-Based Islamic State Jihadis From Returning to the U.S. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Files Bill to Ban U.S.-Based Islamic State Jihadis From Returning to the U.S.](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IS-Terrorist.jpg)
This is simple common sense. By going to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State’s jihad, these Muslims have joined an entity that has declared war against the United States. They have committed treason. They have forfeited the rights...
![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)
By
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...
![Welcome to TotCare: Obama’s preschool takeover Welcome to TotCare: Obama’s preschool takeover](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/obama_education004_16x9.jpg)
12.11.14
The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round, just like the endless cycles of big, bad government programs to federalize preschool and daycare.
![Storage Wars: The Midterm Edition Storage Wars: The Midterm Edition](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/storage-wars.jpg)
Now that the heady rush of jubilation has faded from the election, it’s time to take stock of what we actually achieved. The numbers couldn’t be more forthright. It’s as if the American people interrupted the President to interject, “Now,...
![Going, Going Gone . . . Now it’s Off to Our Grandkids! Going, Going Gone . . . Now it’s Off to Our Grandkids!](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dollarImage2.jpg)
By
Micah Clark
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12.08.14
On Black Friday your government was shopping with credit cards too it would seem. The total outstanding U.S. public debt just hit a new historic level, which probably would be better associated with a red Friday rather than a black...
![Analysis: Top 5 Reasons Common Core Has Been a Disaster Analysis: Top 5 Reasons Common Core Has Been a Disaster](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/common-core-and-child-depression.jpg)
12.05.14
Implementation of the Common Core State Standards Initiative has not gone well, supporters and critics alike now agree. Understanding why the education reform has been so rocky could aid future policy initiatives.
![Time for a Governor to Stand up to Judicial Tyranny Time for a Governor to Stand up to Judicial Tyranny](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/montesquieu.jpg)
Any ruling from any federal court that imposes domestic policy on a state is by its very nature unconstitutional, and no governor has any obligation to obey it.
![Two Views on Danger of ‘Net Neutrality’ Two Views on Danger of ‘Net Neutrality’](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/netneutrality-contentblocked.png)
Many people and organizations are concerned about so-called net neutrality and its possible effects on free speech, but OneNewsNow talked to one person who is concerned for another reason: the free market.
If this is a free speech issue, says...
![Terrorist Collaborator Says Pot Made Him Do It Terrorist Collaborator Says Pot Made Him Do It](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Robel-Phillipos.jpg)
As the American people prepare to vote on marijuana ballot measures in three states and the District of Columbia, measures which would make the mind-altering substance more freely available, more bad news keeps coming for the well-funded pothead lobby.
In...
![Criminalizing Dissent Via Lawfare Criminalizing Dissent Via Lawfare](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/13.jpg)
By
Robert Knight
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10.27.14
The heavy hand of misused government power is getting heavier by the day.
Given the Obama Administration’s vast abuses of executive power, it’s not surprising that lesser lights are following the Chief Executive’s example and waging “lawfare” on their opponents....
![The Vindication of Antonin Scalia The Vindication of Antonin Scalia](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/SCOTUS.jpg)
A giant milestone in the moral revolution passed this week when the U.S. Supreme Court turned down every single appeal from several states on the issue of same-sex marriage. This decision not to take at least one case under consideration stunned both sides in the same-sex marriage battle...
![States That Voted Against Gay Marriage Now Have It Forced Upon Them States That Voted Against Gay Marriage Now Have It Forced Upon Them](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/scotus-oct-6.jpg)
10.07.14
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear any of the cases on same-sex marriage means, as my colleague Ryan T. Anderson writes, that “lower court rulings that struck down state marriage laws now will go into effect, forcing the redefinition of marriage in [Indiana, Wisconsin, Virginia, Oklahoma and Utah] and potentially in other states in the 4th, 7th, and 10th circuits.”
That shouldn’t be acceptable—regardless of your position on same-sex marriage.
![SCOTUS Refuses to Take Up Marriage Cases SCOTUS Refuses to Take Up Marriage Cases](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Supreme-Court-Justices-2.jpg)
By
David E. Smith
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10.06.14
Earlier today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided that it would not hear any of the marriage redefinition cases currently before it, including cases from Indiana, Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wisconsin. Family Research Council President Tony Perkins...
![DC Audit: Taxpayers Paying for Abortions DC Audit: Taxpayers Paying for Abortions](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Not-Healthcare.jpg)
By
David E. Smith
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10.02.14
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report revealing that 1,036 plans in Obamacare (also known as the Affordable Care Act) health insurance exchanges are paying for elective abortions. In other words, U.S. taxpayers are paying for surgical and...