"Illinois Family Action, the non-profit and tax-exempt legislative action arm of Illinois Family Institute was founded in 2010 to promote the common good and general welfare, primarily by means of education and direct and grassroots lobbying in support of laws and protect the sanctity of human life, marriage and the family, and which are consistent with principles of good government. Illinois Family Action is a 501(c)(4), non-profit education and lobbying organization based in Tinley Park, Illinois and is dedicated to preserving and advancing the interests of family, faith, and freedom in the political arena. Illinois Family Action seeks to fortify the traditional foundations of civil society through efforts to educate, inform and influence elected officials in support of the country’s historic ideals of equality under the law, and the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness on which the nation was founded."