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Kenna Rose speaks on the threat of a culture that prizes safety and comfort above all else, the roots of that mindset, and how it results in the eventual and sometimes swift loss of freedom both through government mandates and laws and through personal fear that entraps you. She answers the questions “Why did the Founding Father’s prize freedom over safety,” “Why do people today value safety so highly and what will the eventual cost be,” and, finally, “What does a safety-oriented life do.” Kenna is a young Christian conservative speaker, who spoke at Illinois Family Institute’s 2022 Worldview Conference. Find Kenna Rose on: Instagram - KennaRose_Official Twitter - @RealKennaRose

Should politics and religion be completely separate? Are Leftism and Christianity diametrically opposed? Is Leftism even compatible with Christianity? Listen to Dr. Everett Piper, former president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, as he tackles these questions and more in his worldview presentation titled: “The Religion of Wokeism.” Whether it’s defending unborn children or protecting our borders, Dr. Piper explains how conservative political views align with Christianity. He talks about how the religion of "wokeism" requires us to, among other things, submit ourselves to others, judge people on how they look instead of how they act, and affirm detestable behavior. Dr. Piper illuminates how incompatible "progressive" and Christian agendas are. Dr. Piper also delves into the causes of this dismal state of affairs, including irresponsible parents, corrupt pastors, and the government school system. Author of books such as Not a Daycare: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth and his newest book Grow Up: Life Isn’t Safe, But It’s Good, Dr. Piper leaves us with hope for the future. He emphasizes staying grounded in truth because we know God will prevail. During a fascinating Q & A after his speech, Dr. Piper answers several important questions that many Christians have.

The Tazewell County Republican Party, in cooperation with the Peoria County Republican Party and the Woodford County Republican Party hosted an event they called the Central Illinois Republican Governor Candidate Forum on Monday, April 25th, 2022. The candidates who took part in this forum are Illinois Senator Darren Bailey, Gary Rabine, Paul Schimpf, Jesse Sullivan, and Max Solomon. Illinois Family Action was proud to co-sponsor the event.

Attention parents, grandparents and church leaders! The incidents of violence, racism and godless perversities are growing fast, and your children are at risk, not only physically, but emotionally and mentally. During their April 29, 2022 morning radio program on WIND, Dan and Amy highlight three preposterous school situations that should alarm every parent/grandparent and community leader. It is high time to get the kids out of the government school systems and into Christian education.

Self Evident Cohosts Kenna Rose and Jenna talk about the many ways Generation Z can defeat the dragons of the day (and in the land of Lincoln), and how we can turn Illinois around if we turn back to Christ and embrace Biblical truth. Check out their podcast, and follow them on Facebook: Self-Evident: https://www.facebook.com/108348065180037/posts/119028987445278/ They gave this speech on April 26, 2022 to a packed house of Bailey for Governor supporters in St. Charles, Illinois.

During her daily program on Fox News Channel, Laura Ingraham took on the vitally important topic of sex predators grooming children in our government schools. U.S. Rep. Boebert boldly launched an attack on those who want to groom our children into LGBTQIA+ thinking, saying: "Laura, this isn't pleasant, but we need to know if our tax dollars are going to remove the breasts of young girls. If our tax dollars are going to remove the genitalia of young boys! .... These are children and my message to the Biden regime is get out of our lives, get out of our homes, these are our children!" Ingraham knows the Leftist agenda promoted in our government schools and on popular media platforms are despicable lies. We are very glad to know that some momma-bear Congresswomen aren't willing to remain silent. Sexual perverts must be exposed at every opportunity, and we are thrilled that U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is doing some important work on this in Congress.

According to an 2019 article by Illinois Eagle, "...Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin announced a grant from the City’s Neighborhood Festival Funding of which parade organizers were not aware when they originally cancelled the event. The grants are available to groups hosting public events that acquaint residents with each other while educating participants about the Aurora community. The money must be used for support services at the events, such as rental of equipment, rental security or emergency personnel, and similar needs, which is what all money raised will be going to. Other organizations have already committed sponsorship dollars for the event." The article also goes on to quote Irvin: “I know our residents, business and supporters will continue to come together to close this gap as we celebrate our diversity, inclusivity and pride here in Aurora,” said Mayor Irvin. “I applaud the efforts of Indivisible Aurora and its support of the LGBTQ+ community. When Aurora comes together, we all win.”

WTTW, the PBS television station in Chicago, is exposing some troubling activities of Aurora Mayor and GOP gubernatorial candidate Richard Irvin. While reporters Paris Schutz and Nick Blumberg are careful to say these activities are not illegal, what is clear is the pay-to-play politics -- practices that are rightly exposed as unethical and problematic. Other stories include: -- Developers That Donated to Gubernatorial Candidate Richard Irvin’s Mayoral Campaign Received Tens of Millions in Aurora Incentives (https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/31/developers-donated-gubernatorial-candidate-richard-irvin-s-mayoral-campaign-received-tens) -- Aurora Company that Donated Big to Richard Irvin’s Mayoral Campaign Received Millions in City Contracts (https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/28/aurora-company-donated-big-richard-irvin-s-mayoral-campaign-received-millions-city)

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC) doesn't mince words when it comes to the current transgender madness being pushed on our culture and the agenda being taught to our children in our government schools. In 2018 he delivered an incredibly strong address to the Greensboro City Council defending the 2nd Amendment. This speech went viral and to- date has been viewed over 200 million times online. Following this speech, Mr. Robinson began traveling to spread a message of common-sense conservatism: Protecting the life of the unborn, defending the 2nd Amendment, giving parent’s back control over their children’s education, standing up for law enforcement, addressing veteran’s care, and enacting election reform. Mr. Robinson is a married father of two. He is a member of the Republican Party and he is the first African-American to hold the office.

The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate gathered on March 26, 2022 at the Church of Christian Liberty in Arlington Heights for this IFA special event. The purpose of this forum (and the video) is to give Illinois voters an opportunity to hear directly from candidates without the interference, bias, and selective editing of the establishment media. We hope to foster discussions on the issues of importance to the candidates and to the voters in this election. The event was open to the public, and we had standing room only space. In addition to the panel of pastors, select questions were submitted in advance from the public via email.

This call to end the governor’s ability to declare an emergency for extended periods of time is extremely important. State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-St. Charles) is absolutely correct to confront Big Government Democrats on their complacency to do their job to check the executive branch tyrannical rule.

It is bad enough that children are failing to meet proficiency standards in English Language Arts, Math and Science, but now the focus of school time is on social engineering, humanistic training, sexual immorality, revisionist history and other godless subject matters. Right here in Illinois, a shocking number of kids hear messages about choosing their gender or embracing an LGBTQ lifestyle … and our state lawmakers have mandated “comprehensive sex ed” for kids as young as kindergarten. Why are adults talking to our innocent children about sex, masturbation and contrived gender issues? Are they grooming our children for early unhealthy sexual activities? There is no question about it... godless indoctrination that is already well underway in our public schools (not by every teacher), is one of the reasons we see so many of our children leaving the faith when they are out of high school. Learn more: https://illinoisfamily.org/education/pse/

On the Dan & Amy morning radio program this morning in Chicagoland, they discussed indoctrination in our government schools and the documentary “Who’s Children Are They?” If you have 20 minutes, you may want to give this a listen. Near the end, Dan rightly explains to his listening audience that our school systems are not reformable, and that the need for school choice is taking off. We are very glad for these voices of reason in the public square saying essentially the same thing we've been saying for years. Of course, IFI is emphasizing the most important aspect of why kids should leave the training camps of the devil… so that we teach them how they can become Disciples of Jesus Christ. If you'd like to learn more, please visit: https://illinoisfamily.org/education/pse/

The Illinois Family Institute (IFI) is an independent 501c(3) non-profit ministry dedicated to upholding and re-affirming marriage, family, life and liberty in Illinois. Since 1992, IFI has worked within the state of Illinois to promote and defend Biblical truths to foster an environment where families can thrive and reach their full God-given potential to serve and glorify Him–making the most of the opportunities afforded to each of us by His gift of life and liberty. Our mission: To Boldly Bring a Biblical Perspective to Public Policy Join us: illinoisfamily.org Twitter - @ProFamilyIFI Facebook - facebook.com//IllinoisFamilyInstitute YouTube – ILFamilyInstitute

WILLIAM BARR, FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL: What people forget about the Durham investigation, and I find it annoying, is that Durham came in, and he spent -- I asked him to spend some time looking at what I would say were peripheral issues. But we had to look at them, like the role of foreign intelligence services and so forth, because we were waiting for the I.G.'s report to be finished, which really got into what the FBI's, quote, spying on the president's campaign. And that was not provided until December of 2019. So at the end of 2019, that's when he is able to get into that stuff. What happens three months later? COVID. Grand juries shut down across the nation. If -- whether or not he had a grand jury, if people know that you can't call a grand jury, they are not going to come in and voluntarily talk to you. So that definitely hampered the investigation until almost the eve of the election.

Jo McGuire is the Chairman of the Board for the National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association and is a Certified Professional Collector and Trainer (CPCT) and a Certified Designated Employee Representative Trainer (CDERT) who consults and trains professionals overseeing Safety Sensitive Employees in the compliance of federal DOT guidelines for drug and alcohol screening programs. She lives in Colorado. In this 4 minute segment, Jo gives first-hand evidence of what happens when a state allows marijuana to be grown in homes. Not only does the black-market thrive, but it creates a “gray market.” Crime increases while property values decrease. What’s more, insurance companies will not cover any damages because marijuana is still a Schedule 1 Drug. Watch to learn more.

During his daily video blog on Wednesday, February 9th, State Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) recommends subscribing to the illinoisfamily.org email list. After his update, Sen. Bailey reads a Biblical devotion to help listeners focus on the most important things -- heavenly things. Sen. Bailey is a candidate for Illinois Governor.

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This is a short clip of Dr. Robert Malone interview of Pediatric Cardiologist Dr. Kirk Milhoan, MD on the risk of myocarditis in children and young adults. This risk would never be tolerated for anything else, and especially not for an almost zero risk age group. The Truth About Vaccine-induced Myocarditis Written by Rav Arora - The Epoch Times (January 20, 2022) https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-truth-about-vaccine-induced-myocarditis_4220643.html

During the January 13th Dan and Amy show on Chicago's WIND, 560AM, Dan Proft highlights the sexualization of our students and the morally corrupt and outright pornographic material being assigned to young impressionable students. This segment is not for young ears! Parents and grandparents, however, are urged to listen to this shocking information and then act to get your children/grandchildren OUT of government schools immediately. For more info, visit: https://illinoisfamily.org/education/pse/

Chicago and Cook County snollygosters are now requiring COVID-19 vaccination proof for indoor venues due to a surge in infection of a "pandemic" virus that has a 98 percent recovery rate. According to the new guidelines, those 5 and older must show proof of full vaccination, but anyone ages 16 and older will also need to provide identification that matches their vaccination record. So please, have your private health paperwork in order for inspection by government officials.

Oh, I- just for me, I mean, my kids hear me rant about this every day, so I might as well tell you guys it's- it's the crushing impact that our COVID policies have had on young kids and children. By far the least serious risk for serious illness. But I mean, even teenagers, you know, a healthy teenager has a one in a million chance of getting, and dying from COVID, which is way lower than, you know, dying in a car wreck on a road trip. But they have suffered and sacrificed the most, especially kids and underrepresented at risk communities. And now we have the Surgeon General saying there's a mental health crisis among our kids. The risk of suicide girl suicide attempts among girls now up 51% this year, black kids nearly twice as likely as white kids to die by suicide. I mean, school closures, lockdowns, cancellation of sports. You couldn't even go on a playground in the D.C. area without cops scurrying- getting- shooing the kids off tremendous negative impact on kids, and it's been an afterthought. You know, it's it's it's hurt their dreams, their future learning, loss, risk of abuse, their mental health. And now, with our knowledge, our vaccines. If our policies don't reflect a more measured and reasonable approach for our children, they will be paying for our generation's decisions, the rest of their lives. And that, to me, is the greatest underreported story of the past year.