Tag Archives: Illinois Family Institute

Illinois Family Institute Calls For Boycott Of Scholastic Books Over Gay-Friendly Title

The vile Illinois Family Institute, best known as the one-time home of Peter LaBarbera and for their relentless crusade against anti-bullying legislation, is calling for a national boycott of Scholastic Books because they will include a gay-friendly book in their middle school book fairs. Luv Ya Bunches, by Lauren Myracle, features a character with lesbian parents. IFI is urging parents …

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Illinois Family Institute Needs New Haters

In this new clip from the Illinois Family Institute, they seek new “ambassadors” to fight homosexuals, sex predators, gamblers, and abortionists.

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Secret Homo! Blind Item From The Illinois Family Institute

Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute, which the Southern Poverty Law Center ranks as an anti-gay hate group, has issued this curious blind item about a local “moderate” GOP politician. Now is the time for those running for public office in Illinois to come clean about the skeletons, or mistresses, or prostitutes, or congressional pages, or homosexual partners lurking …

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Box Turtle Bulletin Forces Illinois Family Institute To Recant Hate Crimes Claim

One of the most repulsive campaigns currently being spread by the right-wing is that the hate crimes act currently before the U.S. Senate protects a massive list of criminal sexual activities including bestiality and pedophilia. A list of 547 sexual paraphilias has been spouted by every wingnut group out there and was heavily quoted by GOP Congressmen during the U.S. …

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Another 11 Year-Old Commits Suicide Over Anti-Gay Bullying

Yet another young life has ended over anti-gay bullying. In Georgia: On Thursday afternoon, after returning home from school, fifth-grader Jaheem quietly went into his room and hanged himself. His 10-year-old sister, Yerralis, also a fifth-grader, discovered Jaheem’s dead body. “His sister was screaming, ‘Get him down, get him down,’” said Norman Keene, who helped raise Jaheem since the boy …

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Response To Illinois Family Institute’s Anti-Day Of Silence Clip

JMG reader Sean Chapin does an excellent job picking apart the lies in yesterday’s hateful anti-Day Of Silence clip from the Illinois Family Association. If you didn’t catch the final update on yesterday’s post, the IFI has amended their clip to remove the incorrect attributions and reposted it at another URL on YouTube. If you flagged it yesterday, thanks, but …

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Pro-Killing Of Gay Youth Group Releases Anti-Day Of Silence Video

UPDATE: Since this post went up, the Illinois Family Institute has changed the information on their home page. Instead of a Baptist church in Arizona, the creator of the clip is now identified as Grace Gospel Center in Bensonville, Illinois. The Arizona church has written me to say they have no affiliation with the Illinois Family Institute. I have updated …

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