Can You Feel the Christian Compassion?

The Illinois Family Institute. Sounds impressive, but if you notice, most gay-hate groups have impressive, positive sounding names. Hides the ugliness underneath, I reckon.

IFI's mission (from their website):

The Illinois Family Institute (IFI) is an independent 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to championing and re-affirming Biblical morals and values within our rapidly changing culture. IFI works within the state of Illinois with the goal of promoting and defending Biblical truths in order to promote an environment where families can thrive and reach their full God given potential to serve and glorify Him in the opportunities afforded to us by His gift of liberty.

To accomplish this goal, IFI works to educate Christians and the general public on matters of moral concern; to initiate, promote, encourage and coordinate activity designed to safeguard and advance public morality consistent with Biblical Christianity. While we are financially independent, our efforts are reinforced by our working partnership with Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council, as well as similar state-based organizations across the United States.

What they are asking Christians to do:

IFI E-Byte: Kraft Foods, Harris Bank Sponsor Chicago "Gay Games"5/11/2005 11:19:00 AM By Peter LaBarbera, Executive Director and David E. Smith, Senior Policy Anaylst

American Family Association reports that Northfield, Illinois-based Kraft Foods--makers of popular products like Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Oreo Cookies, Maxwell House Coffee, and Ritz Crackers--has signed on as a sponsor of "Gay Games VII, a sporting event drawing homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals from all over the world, to be held July 2006 in Chicago. Harris Bank, based in Chicago, and Buca di Beppo Restaurants are also among the sponsors.

By allowing their corporate logos to be used to promote the "Gay Games," Kraft, Harris Bank and other sponsoring companies are celebrating wrong and destructive behaviors, and showing their disdain for the majority of Americans who favor traditional morality and marriage.

Here are the (non-homosexual) corporate sponsors so far for the Homosexuality "Games" to be held in Chicago next year:

Kraft Foods: 1-800-323-0768
Harris Bank (with more than 150 Illinois locations): 1-888-340-2265
Bridgeview Bank (with 15 Chicagoland locations): 1-800-794-2070
Buca di Beppo Restaurants (with 5 Chicagoland locations): (612)225-3400; famiglia@bucainc.com
Play It Again Sports (with 10 Chicagoland locations): 1-800-567-6600 (ask for Steve Murphy)
Francesca Restaurants (with 14 Chicagoland locations): (773)334-8368; info@francescarestaurants.com

IFI will keep you abreast of all the Illinois companies sponsoring this immoral event, and those that are helping to celebrate sexual misbehavior in general.

What I am asking you to do:

I love their last line, "immoral event" and "helping to celebrate sexual misbehavior." I think we should tell them that we don't support hate groups masquerading as Christian groups.

Contact them through email and tell them what you think.

Write them through snail mail at:

Illinois Family Institute
799 Roosevelt Road
Building 3 Suite 208
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Fax your letter: (630) 790-8390

Call them toll free and tell them what you think: (800) FAMILY-1

Sounds like fun, huh?