by United Families International | Jul 28, 2015 | Abstinence, Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Family, father, Marriage, motherhood, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
by Carol Soelberg It was all over the news last week: “U.S. poverty heads toward highest level in 50 years.” Other countries around the world, notably Greece and Spain, continue to struggle with insolvency and surging rates of poverty. Economists and other experts...
by United Families International | Jul 7, 2015 | Abstinence, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, Feminism, Free Speech, Freedom, Health Care, Marriage, Media, Parents, Research, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
“Marriage is dead,”. . . or, at least, no longer necessary was the Nietzchean-like declaration of two young, female writers in Newsweek. In an article entitled “The Case Against Marriage,” Jessica Bennett and Jesse Ellison lay-out with dismissive nonchalance,...
by United Families International | Jun 23, 2015 | adoption, Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Family, father, Feminism, Free Speech, Freedom, Gender, LGBT, Marriage, Parents, Research, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation, UFI Blog, Values
by Emily Black When people hear that I am an advocate for traditional marriage, the first question that bursts forth is always, “Well, do you actually know anyone who is gay?” as if my not knowing anyone would be reason to condemn my stance on same-sex marriage. As it...
by United Families International | May 27, 2015 | Abortion, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Drug Use, Education, Family, father, Free Speech, Marriage, Religion, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, Single Mothers, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
by Diane Robertson During a panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, President Obama, and Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam chided Christian religious organizations for focusing too heavily on “divisive issues” such as abortion and gay marriage. The New...
by United Families International | Apr 9, 2015 | Abstinence, Child Development, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drug Use, Family, Feminism, Gender, Marriage, Media, motherhood, Parents, Research, Sexual Freedom, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, Violence, Women's Rights
Tashica Jacobson Laura Bunker’s recent UFI alert struck a cord with me, and I haven’t been able to get her message out of my mind. Not only did it bring up this year’s trip to the UN, which brought up wonderful memories for me, she quoted Kate Gilmore’s shocking...
by United Families International | Mar 20, 2015 | Abstinence, Birth Rate, Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, father, Marriage, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Gary Boyd Seth Freed Wessler, writing for nbcnews.com, charges the economy with the low percentages of married young people and the rapidly diminishing institution of the American middle-class family. As industrial and professional jobs for men that paid a living wage...
