by UFI Blog | Oct 9, 2017 | Constitution, Free Speech
By Miriam Merrill Freedom of speech may be guaranteed through the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, but that does not mean it comes easily. Domestically we find with more frequency that opposing sides call for the silencing of their disputant rather...
by UFI Blog | Oct 4, 2017 | Free Speech, LGBT, Sexual Orientation
by Alannah Hurley “Tolerance: a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from bigotry.” June 15th, 2017, a group of LGBT individuals disrupted an...
by UFI Blog | Sep 20, 2017 | Abortion, Family, The Family, Values
By Diane Robertson The modus operandi for today’s abortion debate focuses on the humanity, or not, of the unborn. Some may argue that anytime between conception and birth the baby is not human and thus has no intrinsic value. By this logic there is no moral...
by UFI Blog | Sep 15, 2017 | Divorce, Marriage, Values
By Breaunna Stone A strong society relies on strong marriages. Ryan Andersons, Senior Research Fellow at William E. Simon, in a report on marriage and family stated: “Marriage is the fundamental building block of all human civilization…Society as a whole, not merely...
by UFI Blog | Sep 13, 2017 | Religious Freedom
By Diane Robertson The Chinese have not had much religious freedom for more than a generation. But the communist-run government has recently made laws to restrict religious worship even further. Government officials in China have issued warnings to hundreds of...
by UFI Blog | Sep 9, 2017 | Free Speech, President's message, Religious Freedom, The Family, UFI
by Tori Black Hate. Feelings of prejudice filling people with such animus and loathing that they are motivated to hurt, to harm, and to kill. With good reason we recoil from hate when we see it. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed the heart of a complacent country by...
