Daily Herald Backs Marriage Redefinition
03.09.13
Written by Jim Finnegan, IFI Board Member I am not at all surprised at the Daily Herald’s endorsement of homosexual “marriage.” As a long time reader of the Herald, it does hurt! However, when one remembers the support of abortion...
The Peculiar Priorities of the Chicago Media
By Laurie Higgins   |   02.21.13
Yesterday, there was a rally in support of natural marriage at the Capitol Rotunda in Springfield.  Estimates of the numbers of attendees are between 3,000 and 5,000 — and this on a bitter cold winter day.  Last night, WGN News...
Lincoln the Movie Star, or Lincoln the Social Conservative?
By Micah Clark   |   12.12.12
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to see the new Abraham Lincoln movie from Steven Spielberg.  It was a technical and visual masterpiece in terms of costume, cast, scenery, computer graphics, etc. Sally Field was remarkable as Mary Lincoln.   However,...
What Journalists Should Ask Liberals and “Enlightened” Conservatives About Marriage
By Laurie Higgins   |   12.10.12
Sunday was a depressing news day. Here’s what purported “conservatives” George Will, Mary Matalin, and Matthew Dowd had to say about same-sex marriage:  George Will: “This decision by the Supreme Court came 31 days after an Election Day in which...
An Open Letter to Equality Illinois and the Chicago Phoenix
By Laurie Higgins   |   10.20.12
This is an open letter to both the Chicago Phoenix, an online “LGBT” news source, and the homosexual activist organization Equality Illinois in response to defamatory and unsubstantiated statements made by Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois, and appearing in...
Sun Times Beacon-News, East Aurora High School, and Hemant Mehta
By Laurie Higgins   |   10.19.12
On Wednesday, Erika Wurst, reporter for the Sun Times Beacon-News wrote an article about East Aurora High School’s recently adopted policy on gender confusion. In it Wurst quoted a “suburban high school math teacher” who blogged favorably about the policy,...
When Perception Distorts Reality
By Micah Clark   |   10.11.12
The Associated Press reported this week on a new study from a homosexual demands group trumpeting the “highest-ever number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network” television.  They note that the number of homosexual characters on cable television...
Tell Fox News: Drop SPLC’s Wayne Besen
08.31.12
In light of the recent attempted murder of employees at the Family Research Council (FRC), several pro-family organizations, including IFI, and private citizens are asking Fox News to discontinue guest appearances by homosexual agitator Wayne Besen on the popular O’Reilly...
Thoughts on “Outsourcing”
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.19.12
In light of all the harsh media criticism of Romeny for Bain Capital's outsourcing, I wonder if liberals should divest from, boycott, and indict all the evil companies that outsource, including the following:
For Greater Glory
By Micah Clark   |   06.06.12
I almost never go to the theater to see a movie. When I do, it is usually a children’s movie. I love movies, but older, pre-1970 ones make up the vast majority of my viewing. However, I went to see...
Television is Growing Ever More Profane & Vulgar
By Micah Clark   |   06.02.12
The Parents Television Council has a new study of broadcast television looking at the major networks. Their findings comparing a five year period finds that, across all networks, use of profanity on prime-time broadcast entertainment programming increased 69.3 percent from...
Film Sends Positive Message About Life
By David E. Smith   |   04.04.12
A new film, “October Baby” hit screens recently and conveys a positive, pro-life message. The film tells the story of Hannah, a college student who has battled significant health problems her entire life. Through a series of events, Hannah finds...
Limbaugh and the, um, Lady
By   |   03.10.12
Saul Alinsky is alive and well in the political maneuverings of the secular left. The problem is; we all have the play book now. As most know, Rush Limbaugh has been under fire of late for comments he made about...
Morality in Media Says 3rd Circuit Court Ruling Regarding 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show With Jackson and Timberlake is Unfortunate
11.06.11
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (3rd Circuit) vacated a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Order which found that CBS violated the broadcast indecency law in its airing of the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show, a...
Chicago Tribune Op Ed on Banned Books Week
By Laurie Higgins   |   10.05.11
On Tuesday, John Keilman wrote a lighthearted editorial on last week’s annual dishonest campaign by the American Library Association (ALA) laughably named “Banned Books Week.” His personal story was revelatory. Keilman shared that when he was young, pulp novels with...
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