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Tucker Carlson warns his audience that the Joe Biden administration is promoting a far left-wing transgenderism agenda made up of 'religious extremists' on his program, 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'

Why are government school officials usurping parental rights by helping students conceal gender "transition" without parental involvement? Why is corporate America embracing gender confusion as part of their "diversity and inclusion" goals? Why aren't level headed, common sense American speaking out about this mental illness plague sweeping the nation? Why aren't parents/grandparents and church leaders vigorously opposing the indoctrination of children -- especially that of gender ideology? Why are we allowing Cultural Marxists groom, warp, exploit or mutilate our children and weaken our families? Why are we accepting lies and not demanding truth in the public square? TIME to speak out! "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer

State Senator Celina Villanueva (D-Chicago) is the chief sponsor of SB 1909, which is titled the “Deceptive Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers Act.” This overbearing proposal passed in committee today on a partisan roll call. Planned Parenthood of Illinois wants to weaponize the government against pro-life advocates and claim they mislead clients. Pregnancy care centers do not engage in “deceptive practices” but rather vital life-giving work. The people at these centers minister to needy, vulnerable women and children and are supported by people of faith across the state who want to be a blessing.

Riley Gaines, a 12-time NCAA All-American and five-time SEC Champion, acknowledges that the fight to keep confused transgender men from participation in women’s sports is more than a political issue — it’s “spiritual warfare.” “What we’re being asked to do is to deny objective truth. It’s to deny the sky is blue, is to say that men and women are the same,” Gaines said. “We’re equal, but we’re not the same … I feel like we’re in this battle of really spiritual warfare. It’s no longer good or bad or right or wrong. This is like moral versus evil.” Gaines has become an outspoken critic of the Joe Biden administration's interpretation of Title IX to ban discrimination based on gender identity instead of solely sex. She has also testified in front of various state legislative committee's to stop this woke agenda to erase biological women and their sports. May God bless and protect this fearless young lady!

Ms. Leland does a great job in this short video promoting the IFI Worldview Conference which is scheduled for March 18, 2023 in Barrington, Illinois. Learn more: https://illinoisfamily.org/event/worldview-conference-pro-life-apologetics/

Tucker Carlson interviewed Dr. James Thorp, a maternal-fetal medicine expert, who painstakingly analyzed and verified the most recent Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) data related to COVID-19 vaccines and compared them to the influenza vaccines. We he discovered is a 1200 fold increase in severe menstrual abnormalities, a 57 fold increase in miscarriage, a 38 fold increase in fetal death or stillbirth rates. He found 15 other major pregnancy complications, all far exceeding the CDC and the FDA values of safety. "This includes Pfizer's own internal data," said Dr. Thorp.

Illinois Family Institute was thrilled to welcome Kevin and Sam Sorbo to our annual fall banquet in in October 2022 as they shared their concerns about the secular culture, government education and the need to return to Judeo-Christian values. The Sorbos are a different kind of “power couple” — they are, in our opinion, an amazing Christian husband and wife team who, despite being blacklisted by Hollywood, have been very outspoken about abortion, public school indoctrination, illegal immigration, fatherlessness and a host of other social issues.

In his Fox News Channel program on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, Gregg Gutfeld's monologue focused on the growing trend behind transgender surgeries for teens, saying "it's apparently transphobic to suggest cutting up kids like a Thanksgiving turkey is harmful."

State Representative Katie Stuart (D-Collinsville) is pushing HB 1286, a woke proposal that would mandate co-ed (mix gender) multiple occupancy bathrooms. Please send a message to your local state representative to ask him/her to vote against this legislation should it come up for a vote on the Illinois House floor sometime this session. Urge them to reject this foolish woke agenda that fails to recognize biological facts. Ask them to protect the privacy, dignity and safety of all Illinois citizens - especially our children. The Capitol switchboard number is (217) 782-2000.

In his annual budget address on Wednesday, February 15th, Gov. Pritzker proposed that state officials spend $49.6 billion of tax dollars on a host of big government programs, especially in the areas of education and "human services," including $5 million to train people to kill babies in the womb. Pritzker also proposed spending $250 million to provide free pre-school for children as young as 3-years-old. TRANSCRIPT: https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-02-15/read-gov-pritzkers-state-of-the-state-and-budget-address

Rebecca, a 17-year old girl, spoke to the Santee City Council in California about her experience in a YMCA locker room. As she was showering, she noticed a naked male in the locker room which terrified her and caused her to hide until he left. When she asked management about their transgender policy, they told her the man in question was allowed to shower wherever he wanted. When asked if she felt “empowered” because of this transgender inclusivity, she responded, “No, not at all… my safety, my privacy was threatened… No, this is absolutely not empowering whatsoever.”

Amy Jacobson and "Rambling" Ray Stephens discuss the report that says hundreds of Chicago Public Schools teachers sexually groomed, assaulted and raped CPS students last school year. Hundreds... https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/638582935-i-m-ready-to-f-right-now-i-m-not-gonna-be-gentle-either-oig-report-details-cps-teachers-sexual-grooming-assaults-of-their-students

Massive caravans of thousands of illegal migrants are crossing the border every day into West Texas. New incursions across the border are stunning immigration agents, neighboring towns, and state officials. During the second weekend of December 2022, over 5,000 illegal immigrants had arrived at the Border Patrol’s central processing center in El Paso, Texas. They estimated that about 2,000 people came to the U.S. each day, with the largest influx reaching 800 to 1,000 migrants on Sunday night. From 2014 to 2022, U.S. Border Patrol detected 1.9 million got aways at the Southwest Border, or an average of 208,000 per year. In 2022, U.S. Border Patrol detected 599,000 got aways, a record high. https://www.justfacts.com/immigration#illegal_border

The U.S. Senate passed the so-called Respect for Marriage Act by a vote of 61-36. Prior to the roll call vote, the amendments offered by U.S. Senators Lee, Rubio and Lankford were each voted down. The bill now goes to the U.S. House for their vote since it differs a bit from the version the House previously passed. ADF's statement about today's sad day can be found here: https://adfmedia.org/press-release/us-senate-passes-legislation-disrespecting-marriage-endangering-religious-freedom

By now many have heard that the high-end fashion company Balenciaga was forced by public pressure to pull and apologize for its recent ad campaign featuring preschool children holding teddy bears wearing what looks to average Americans like bondage paraphernalia. In one photo, a child is holding bondage teddy while standing on a sofa in front of which is a coffee table filled with champagne flutes. In the next photo that same child is lying down on the white sofa with her (or his) head on a pink shag pillow. In another photo, a little girl holding another strapped-up teddy is standing on a little girl’s bed. Once in a while, the boundary-free libertines among us get ahead of their skies just a bit and are forced to slow down: “Give the rubes, deplorables, and right-wing Christian extremists a few minutes to absorb cross-dressing men gyrating in front of toddlers before you confront them with images of children with bondage paraphernalia. In due time, my pretties, in due time.” For more on the story, watch, listen and share Tucker Carlson’s analysis with your friends and family:

North Carolina Pastor John Amanchukwu called out his local school board for pushing a woke agenda at the expense of reading, writing and arithmetic. The video went viral, and Tucker Carlson interviews him about his concerns. Pastor Amanchukwu is fighting Woke agenda to either kill our children (abortion) or indoctrinate them in our government schools.

A courageous Italian Christian woman spoke powerfully at the World Congress of Families in 2019. She is now the Prime Minister elect in Italy. May we see that pendulum swing here in the United States!! It is so very rare to hear any politician so perfectly explain what we’re up against and why we fight the wicked agenda of Wokeism. She is bold enough to bring back shame and expose the radical Left for what they are doing to our children and to the culture at large. May she inspire the silent masses!

Former Chicago Bear Quarterback Jim Harbaugh is currently the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. In an interview with ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski he said “the abortion issue is one that’s so big that it needs to be talked about.” Harbaugh went on to say that he tells his players and staff that he and his wife would raise their baby that is a result of an unplanned pregnancy. At a pro-life fundraising event in mid-July he told the crowd "I believe in having the courage to let the unborn be born. I love life. I believe in having a loving care and respect for life and death. My faith and my science are what drive these beliefs in me." ~Harbaugh

Illinois Family Institute is looking forward to welcoming Kevin and Sam Sorbo to our annual fall banquet in on October 28th to share their faith, concerns about the secular culture and the need to return to Judeo-Christian values. The Sorbos are a different kind of “power couple” — they are, in our opinion, an amazing Christian husband & wife team who, despite being blacklisted by Hollywood, have been very outspoken about abortion, public school indoctrination, illegal immigration, fatherlessness and a host of other social issues. Register NOW: https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/early-bird-deadline-for-ifis-annual-banquet-approaching/

Dr. Christina Francis is a board-certified OB/GYN who testified for the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on “Roe Reversal: The Impacts of Taking Away the Constitutional Right to Abortion” on July 16, 2022, saying in part: "Just because we call a child in the womb an embryo or a fetus doesn't mean they're not a human person; that's just a stage of development... That doesn't make that child anything other than a human person. We must continue to employ advanced medical technology to support preborn children and their mothers. There are many complications of pregnancy that Pre-Roe we would not have been able to treat, and now we are able to."