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SPRINGFIELD, IL , March 27, 2014 -- Bringing Illinois one step closer to becoming the third state in the nation to ban reparative therapy for same-sex-attracted minors, a committee in the state House has passed a ban on the controversial treatment. By a vote of 9-6, the House's Human Services Committee passed the Conversion Therapy Prohibition Act. The legislation  was introduced  by lesbian Kelly Cassidy , a Democrat. According to  The Huffington Post , Cassidy previously said the bill was designed "to keep our LGBT youth safe." In a statement , the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) called the legislation "destructive, unethical, and dishonest." The organization, which has opposed the legislation since it was introduced, says "the ultimate motivation behind this legislation is to promote the Leftist assumptions of adult homosexuals who seek to wipe disapproval of homosexual acts from the face of the planet.” IFI also said the bill "is

CHICAGO, February 24, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama has ruled that homosexuals in Chicago can get “married” starting immediately – even though the state law recognizing same-sex “marriage” has not yet gone into effect. The bill creating same-sex “marriage” in Illinois , which proponents dubbed the “Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act,” does not provide for homosexual nuptials to be recognized until June 1. U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, an Obama appointee But U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman said she decided to allow homosexual couples to obtain marriage licenses at once, because there had been no legal objection in her court and homosexuals had “already suffered from the denial of their fundamental right to marry.” Another federal judge ruled last year that homosexuals who had medical conditions that would likely allow them to die could receive a marriage license before the law had formally been c

English: Illinois Governor Pat Quinn addresses attendees before the opening of the 2010 Chicago Green Festival (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Washington, DC — The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) today celebrated the failure of legislation to come to a vote late this evening in Illinois seeking to redefine marriage, thus preserving marriage in the state as the union of one man and one woman. The bill's House sponsor, Rep. Greg Harris , announced this evening that he did not have the votes to pass the measure and would not bring the legislation to a vote. Assuming this is the case, the bill is thus dead until the fall when the Legislature reconvenes for a veto session. "This effort to redefine marriage in Illinois was one of the most fiercely contested legislative battles in the country this year," said Brian Brown , NOM's president. "This is a great victory for our allies and supporters, as well as Illinois families who have worked tirelessly with us t

SPRINGFIELD, IL , February 15, 2013, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The heavily Democratic Illinois Senate voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve a bill redefining marriage in the state to include homosexual couples. The vote was 34-21, with three Democrats voting against the bill and only one Republican voting for it. Two additional Democrats voted “present.” Democratic Governor Pat Quinn , who is Catholic, has been publicly urging passage of a same-sex “marriage” bill for months, despite his Church’s strong opposition. If the bill passes the House for Quinn’s signature, Illinois would become the nation’s tenth state to allow same-sex “marriages,” along with the District of Columbia . Gov. Pat Quinn “Today, we are one step closer to marriage equality in Illinois,” said Governor Quinn on Thursday. “Couples across Illinois have even more reason today to celebrate their love for each other, thanks to the hard work of committed advocates and lawmakers. This historic legis

ERIE, ILLINOIS, June 25, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – An Illinois school district has bucked the national homosexual lobby by voting to remove books that promote same-sex “marriage” or mainstream alternate lifestyles. After parents complained about The Family Book, which the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) recommends “to naturalize and celebrate family diversity,” the Erie Community Unit School District 1 voted to remove all GLSEN curriculum from the district. The vote was 5-2. Ann Schipper, the mother of three children in the system, said the curriculum “completely wipes away what my kids have learned at church and at home, and it creates confusion in them.” GLSEN’s “Ready, Set, Respect!” curriculum, aimed at elementary school students as young as kindergarten, intentionally hopes to alter young children’s definition of family and sexual identity. Its toolkit states: “The elementary school years offer a wonderful and important opportunity to instill an

LLINOIS, June 5, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has joined a legal effort to impose same-sex “marriage” on the state, the Chicago Tribune  reports . Madigan’s office filed a notice Friday that she will intervene in favor of lawsuits filed by Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of twenty-five same-sex couples. The suits allege that by not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Cook County clerk’s office is violating the equal-protection and due process rights of same-sex couples under the Illinois Constitution . Lisa Madigan Madigan has pledged to take the plaintiffs’ side in court and “explain why the challenged statutory provisions do not satisfy the guarantee of equality under the Illinois Constitution.” Illinois Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn  favors  redefining marriage, and Cook County Clerk David Orr  has also expressed  his support for the lawsuits.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS , February 13, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – As parishioners gathered for Sunday Mass , a radical group of homosexual activists protested outside Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral, calling Francis Cardinal George the city’s  “arch-bigot”  for defending marriage. Carrying placards and spouting slogans on the sidewalk as worshipers entered the sanctuary, members of the Gay Liberation Network instructed Catholics to  “give up hate for Lent.” Cardinal Francis George David E. Smith, executive director of the  Illinois Family Institute  told LifeSiteNews.com the Gay Liberation Network is “a tiny group of radical activists who are trying to intimidate and name-call religious leaders like Cardinal George to try to coerce them into silence for standing up for God’s institution of marriage.” The protests have been an annual event since at least 2005, he said. Last year, the group swarmed the cathedral as police did nothing . In 2005, the Gay Liberation Network protested Chicago’s f

Image via Wikipedia January 18, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A coalition that includes black pastors and pro-family organizations held a protest outside the headquarters of the Southern Poverty Law Center yesterday to protest the organization’s ongoing “slander” against pro-family organizations. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which has traditionally sought to counteract racist organizations in the south, has recently begun to categorize pro-family groups as “ hate groups ” for opposing the homosexual political agenda and condemning homosexual behavior as immoral. Groups condemned as “hateful” by the SPLC include The Illinois Family Institute , Mass Resistance, Abiding Truth Ministries , and Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, all of which appeared at the protest or made supporting statements. The Family Research Council has also been condemned by the SPLC. Among the African-American pastors protesting at SPLC headquarters were Pastor Glen Sawyer, of the Mt. Zion Church

High school students applying to Elmhurst College in Illinois this fall will be asked whether they consider themselves “a member of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) community,” the  Chicago Sun-Times  reports. The entrance of Elmhurst college. The liberal arts college , located just outside Chicago , is boasting on its website that it is the first undergraduate program to ask that question of its applicants. Answering the question is optional, Gary Rold, Elmhurst’s dean of admissions, told the Sun-Times. Checking “yes,” however, could make a student eligible for scholarship assistance of up to 30% of tuition. Rold also said that including the question is intended to help the college direct its homosexual students to services and organizations targeted for them. “Increasing diversity is part of our mission statement ,” he told the news service. “This is simply closing the loop, in many ways, of another group who has a very strong identity. It may not be race and rel