The following is reprinted from the Illinois Family Institute email.
Congressman Peter Roskam’s State Central Committeeman Brian Colgan and the man he appointed to the Platform Committee to represent the Algonquin Township part of Roskam’s 6th congressional district plan to vote to take out the “marriage” plank of the platform.
Congressman Randy Hultgren’s 14th District representative on the Platform Committee, Burt Minor, has not taken a stand, according to IFI.
Emails for all of the members of the Platform Committee are below the email.
Illinois GOP to Remove “Marriage” Plank in Platform
Written by David E. Smith
Some Illinois Republicans want to stay away from “controversial” issues.
They think that removing the traditional marriage plank will somehow help liberal Republicans who are “hurt” by the platform in their swing districts.
First, if they think that they are going to avoid controversy by removing this important plank, they are woefully wrong.
Secondly, the Illinois GOP has its fair share of RINOs elected to office, who are the source of the problem at hand; but clearly demonstrating that liberal Republicans can win with the current state platform.
There is no upside for the Illinois Republican Party to water down the social issues in the platform.
On the contrary, it will only result in a massive fight at the convention and disunity among Republicans.
Social conservatives do the lions share of grass roots work in Illinois and watering down the platform will make them less inclined to work hard for candidates running for office.
It may even cause some conservatives to abandon some Republican Party candidates in protest.
And it will definitely compel more voters to stay home during elections — hurting Republicans at every level on the ballot.
The best option is to leave the platform as it is written and as it was approved just four short years ago.
IllinoisReview.com is reporting that the Platform Committee plans to remove these two important sections:
The final meeting of the Platform Committee of the Illinois Republican State Convention will be held at 10 AM on Friday, May 20 in Room 135.
If you are a Delegate, Alternate Delegate, or attending as a guest — please attend this meeting and ask to speak during the public comment period.
Voice your opinion about changing the Illinois Republican Platform.
In the wake of the federal takeover of bathrooms and locker rooms, we can ill afford to capitulate Judeo-Christian principles, especially when we know that the institution of marriage was created by God for mankind’s welfare.
No other institution promotes the common good in our society as does marriage— defined as one man, one women raising healthy, productive members of society. On the contrary, the breakdown of marriage and family leads to a wealth of societal ills, the growth of big government and the nanny state.
The latest report we’ve received has the vote at 9-7 with 5 committee members’ positions unknown. Please contact the members of the Platform Committee below and urge them to stand firm for marriage:
- Chair Mike Bigger — remove plank
(309) 238-0113 and mike@mikebigger.com - Co-Chair Blair Garber — unknown
(312) 961-1791 and blairgarber@gmail.com - Co-Chair Brian Colgan — remove plank
(630) 202-5832 and bcolgan513@gmail.com - Dist 1. Kathy Hilton — remove plank
(815) 919-2772 and kathy@nlgop.com - Dist 2. Kurt Diekelman — remove plank
(708) 877-5500 and ttown300@aol.com - Dist 3. Brent Woods — unknown
(708) 717-0955 and bwoods.platform@gmail.com - Dist 4. Angel Garcia — remove plank
(312) 375-0979 and angeldgarcia@gmail.com - Dist 5. Cindy Burke — remove plank
(630) 673-3219 and cindyburke22@yahoo.com - Dist 6. Pat Brady — remove plank
(312) 972-7348 and pbradynxtgen@gmail.com - Dist 7. Linda Tobensky — unknown
(708) 351-7790 and ltibensky@comcast.net - Dist 8. Ryan Higgins — remove plank
(312) 590-6186 and ryan@ryanhiggins.com - Dist 9. Dave Carabotta — keep plank
(312) 217-4255 and daclawoffices@aol.com - Dist 10. Marjorie Kubalanza — keep plank
(847) 687-4763 and mkubalanza@yahoo.com - Dist 11. Raquel Mitchell — keep plank
(630) 936-9578 and raquelmelanie@gmail.com - Dist 12. Patti Howard — keep plank
(618) 889-6943 and pattihowardgop@gmail.com - Dist 13. Terri Koyne — keep plank
(217) 851-4789 and macoupincorepublicans@gmail.com - Dist 14. Burt Minor — unknown
(630) 674-9096 and aldminor@aol.com - Dist 15. J.C. Kowa — keep plank
(618) 838-1516 and jckowa@frontier.com - Dist 16. Jan Klaas — keep plank
(815) 621-9497 and jklaas5@aol.com - Dist 17. Elisha French — remove plank
(309) 351-8163 and elishafrench@outlook.com - Dist 18. Connie Nord — unknown
(309) 275-0811 and connien713@aol.com
In addition to asking the committee members to stand firm for marriage, Laurie Higgins has some great suggestions for the Illinois GOP Platform Committee:
- Include a plank defending an expansive view of religious liberty, a plank that echoes the language, meaning, and intent of the First Amendment.
- Add a plank that espouses the view that objective, immutable sex supersedes subjective feelings about sex in all sex-segregated areas in which private, personal activities take place, including but not limited to restrooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms, showers, shelters, and hospital rooms.
- Oppose any changes that weaken the Republican platform on its unequivocal opposition to abortion, including opposition to abortion in the case of rape, incest, or the “health” of the mother. The product of conception between two humans is a human with a right to continued existence.
- Oppose any platform changes that would espouse the view that “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” should be protected categories in anti-discrimination laws or policies.
- Oppose any platform changes that would espouse support for the view that sex-segregated facilities in which personal and private actions take place should be open to persons of the opposite sex.
- Oppose any platform changes that would espouse the view that the term “sex” is inclusive of “gender identity” or “gender expression.”
What if the ‘framers’ of our Constitution had taken this position:
Does Mark Kirk have that much power?
Peter Roskam will answer for his postion during the next primary.
What the heck is wrong with everyone?
Has everyone lost all common sense and given up on morality and science!
2+2 still = 4 not 5.
It is so simple and basic but yet most politicians are running over each other to conform to the PC nonsense, it makes me sick!
Let the social issues go and so goes a civil and decent society.
It takes real effort to be moral. Depravity comes easily.
Just look at who voted for another tax on the poor by passing internet sports gambling in the State Senate.
When a child is left alone in a room with a jar of cookies after being told to not touch them, he / she must resist ‘temptation’ to adhere to the instruction. Just look at your local Senators who could not resist the temptation of collecting fees and taxes on internet sports gambling. Both Althoff and McConnaughay, who profess to support “people in need”, just slapped those people once again.
Think about the impact of the LGBTT community in the past thirty years and imagine what the impact of the Muslim community will be in the next thirty years. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a-hPCnel0qc
Here’s part of the explanation as to why the whiney RINOs want the plank pulled:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/two-republicans-garner-radical-lgbt-support-in-upcoming-elections
Could it be they want that plank pulled because there’s no going back? I mean, you might have put in a plank saying you wish it didn’t rain on weekends. Not going to happen.