by UFI Blog | Jul 21, 2016 | Constitution, Free Speech, Freedom, Media, Non-Discrimination, Violence
Photo: vhines200/Creative Commons By Candice LeSueur I excitedly was able to check another thing off my bucket list this last weekend as I flew out to see my friend in San Francisco, a city I have been dying to visit. As she and I were strolling down Valencia Street...
by UFI Blog | Jul 11, 2016 | Choice, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Values, Violence
by Erin Weist Yesterday at church my congregation sang the well-loved American patriotic hymn, “America the Beautiful.” (For those not familiar with the song the words are posted below.) A few of the lines stood out to me as incongruous with current events, both in...
by UFI Blog | Jun 14, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Family, Freedom, Parents, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Values, Violence
by Candice LeSueur All of us on the train huddled together in the middle section away from the windows hoping to not be discovered by whoever was putting us in danger. My friend and I desperately embraced each other in silence as we horrifyingly awaited our fate. I...
by UFI Blog | Jun 10, 2016 | Abstinence, Choice, Date rape, Drug Use, Education, Family, Feminism, Freedom, Media, Parents, Sanctity of Life, Sexual Freedom, Values, Violence
by Christie Masters The understandable and warranted outrage against a California judge who recently gave a rapist a lenient six month sentence has brought the terminology “Rape Culture” to the headlines of news articles. There has been a public outcry and a petition...
by UFI Blog | Jun 8, 2016 | Choice, Date rape, Diane Robertson, Drug Use, Education, Family, father, Freedom, Health Care, Parents, Sanctity of Life, Sexual Freedom, Values, Violence
by Diane Robertson Early on the morning on Jan. 18 two men riding bikes on the Stanford University campus spotted a man raping an unconscious woman. The man later identified as Brock Allen Turner, a student and swimmer at Stanford University, ran away when he saw the...
by United Families International | Jun 3, 2016 | Child Abuse, Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, father, Free Speech, Parents, Research, Schools, The Family, Values, Violence
by Tashica Jacobson The small town of Dietrich, Idaho is in shock over the recent events that transpired between football team members. Last October three boys shoved a coat hanger up another team member’s rectum. This instance was not isolated and came after a long...