Is Ives' imaginary friend inspiring possible Rauner challenge?

Wheaton State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-42) has an imaginary friend, God, who apparently is influencing her pronouncements and policy as an Illinois legislator. He whispers in her ear that gay marriage is 'disordered' and that gays are 'trying to weasel their way into acceptability so that they can then start to push their agenda down into the schools, because this gives them some sort of legitimacy... and we can't allow that to happen.' When gay marriage became the law of the land Ives pivoted, listening again to her imaginary friend who told her that school officials supporting transgender rights are 'like dirty old men in trench coats lying in wait to expose children to sordid things.' He went on to tell her 'Christians must exit government schools,' encouraging Christian parents to pull their children out of public schools as the battle by some against transgender bathroom rights is waged. Furthermore, 'no Christian should teach in an institution that requires them to facilitate the body- and soul-destroying fiction that humans can be born in the 'wrong' body.' He also tells Ives to oppose giving vital reproductive health care to poor women because it violates His concept of the sanctity of life, irregardless of the damage it does to Their sanctity of life. Apoplectic that Governor Rauner signed desperately needed legislation giving women in need the same access to reproductive health Ives and her wealthy base takes for granted, Ives' imaginary friend may now be dropping hints she is His chosen one to oppose Governor Rauner's re-election bid.

Ives has every right to an imaginary friend and even use His counseling to guide her life. God knows I've got an imaginary friend or two that help me navigate the vicissitudes of life. But when elected to the legislature Ives should have relegated her imaginary friend to the recesses of her personal life and kept her day job legislating for all Illinoisans as secular as our national and state constitutions require.