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That’s what pops up on Jeanne Ives IL Sixth District congressional candidate website if you plug in ‘LGBTQ rights’ on the search bar. That’s not surprising. Ives has arguably the worst record on LGBTQ rights of any Illinois politician in memory. Her opposition to gay marriage, adoption by gays, transgender rights, even minimal recognition of transgender existence is a disgrace to 21st century governance. Ives has yet to fully acknowledge, much less renounce her long anti LGBTQ record. Examples? On same sex marriages: They “are completely disordered. They’re trying to weasel their way into acceptability so they can push their agenda down into the schools”. On transgender rights she likened school administrators seeking to accommodate transgenders to dirty old men lurking in the shadows; even calling transgender rights “junk science”.

But even Ives’ conservative base in Wheaton has turned the page on her callous views on inclusiveness. Last month Wheaton gay activist business owner Jacob Kneip launched #WheatonProud, encouraging local businesses to display rainbow colors of LGBTQ solidarity in their store windows. Kneip hoped to get 10 businesses on board but has quadrupled that number in just a month. As Ives traverses her downtown streets, what goes thru her mind? Might just be: “Darn...they sure did weasel their way into acceptability”.