Illinois Senate Approves Transgender Birth Certificates — Contact Gov. Rauner!
By David E. Smith   |   06.05.17
HB 1785 passed last week in the House by a vote of 63-32 and late Wednesday it passed in the Illinois Senate by a vote of 32-22. HB 1785 will allow gender-dysphoric persons to falsify their birth certificates, which are both legal and historical documents...
Ben and Jerry’s Proves Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Is Not Marriage
By Dr. Michael L. Brown   |   05.31.17
The famous, specialty ice cream company, Ben and Jerry’s, has unintentionally given us further evidence that same-sex “marriage” is not marriage. How so?
Drag Queens, “Queers,” and Toddlers, Oh My!
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.25.17
Pray for our nation’s little ones. If they manage to survive the womb and are lucky enough to have both a mommy and a daddy, they may end up at their local library or bookstore for story time with drag queens. I kid you not. A widely circulated Associate Press (AP) news video exposes the repugnant spectacle.
Transgender Birth Certificates Approved by Illinois House
By David E. Smith   |   05.25.17
This afternoon, the Illinois House debated and passed HB 1785 – a highly controversial proposal that would make it significantly easier for gender-dysphoric persons to obtain fraudulent birth certificates. This bill passed by a vote of 63-32. See the full roll-call vote below. Six Republican lawmakers voted with fifty-seven Democrats to approve deceptive birth certificates...
Falsifying Birth Certificate Legislation Still Pending
By David E. Smith   |   05.23.17
With eight days left before the Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn for the summer, we want to again alert you to a disturbing piece of legislation pending in Springfield. HB 1785 is a highly controversial proposal that would make it significantly easier for gender-dysphoric persons to obtain fraudulent birth certificates.
Identity Politics and Paraphilias: Tribalism & Urolagnia
By John Biver   |   05.22.17
Almost every day in the op eds it’s there — the secret path to victory for economic and social conservatives. Will they see it? Fiscal conservatives work to present well thought out policies that work in line with human nature...
Self-Marriage: When Fools Marry Fools
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.19.17
The legal recognition of homoerotic unions as marriages goes by many names. Professor Anthony Esolen calls it “pseudogamy,’ and Pastor Doug Wilson calls it “same-sex mirage.” Whatever you call it, don’t call it marriage because it ain’t.
Identity Politics and Paraphilias: Ideas & Voyeurism
By John Biver   |   05.16.17
Here is David French writing at National Review: Identity politics works like this: Progressives do everything in their power to explicitly and unequivocally stoke race- and gender-related resentments and grievances. Any push-back against identity politics is labeled denialism at best...
Identity Politics and Paraphilias: An Ugly Fight & Bestiality/Zoophilia
By John Biver   |   05.10.17
It is worth restating my premise for these articles: The letters “LGBT” don’t really end with the letter “T,” and all the letters that follow deserve an equal footing with the first four. Thus, expect increasing irrationality and craziness from...
The Health Hazards of Homosexuality: An Important New Book from MassResistance (Part 2)
By John Biver   |   05.05.17
Last time I introduced the new and impressively researched book from MassResistance, which runs about 500 pages and adds another 100 pages of footnotes. These days when the meaning of the word “gay” has been radically changed by leftwing radicals,...
The Health Hazards of Homosexuality: An Important New Book from MassResistance (Part 1)
By John Biver   |   04.28.17
Charles Dickens famously opened his novel A Tale of Two Cities with the words, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Those words came to my mind as I clawed my way through the new...
Identity Politics and Paraphilias: More from ‘Public Discourse’ & Autassassinophilia
By John Biver   |   04.19.17
Last time we covered two recent articles from Public Discourse — here are brief excerpts from three more. The first is from Ryan T. Anderson — note the important introduction following the title: How to Think About Discrimination: Race, Sex,...
A Question for Leftists and Progressives: Is This What You Mean by ‘Equality’?
By Dr. Michael L. Brown   |   04.17.17
I did not intend to write about this story, but when I saw a picture of the teenager in question, I had to. He is 15-years-old, clearly a biological male. Look at his picture for yourself, mustache and all. As...
Identity Politics and Paraphilias: ‘Public Discourse’ Weighs In & Bisexuality
By John Biver   |   04.15.17
One of the email newsletters I receive is from the Witherspoon Institute’s “Public Discourse,” and often link to and/or excerpt articles posted at their website. Recently there has been a number of articles touching on “identity politics.” In this post and in the next I will link to and excerpt from a few of the the articles...
Men in Women’s Bathrooms?
04.14.17
Should the use of public multiple-occupancy restrooms, showers, and changing facilities be based on biological sex or “gender identity”? I think the answer is biological sex. Before I set out the reason for my answer, here are four clarifications.
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