by UFI Blog | Jan 7, 2020 | Education, Free Speech, Gender, Gender Identity, Transgender
By Tori Black In the first of the Harry Potter books, The Sorcerer’s Stone, the headmaster, Dumbledore, shares this bit of wisdom: “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” JK Rowling, the author of the...
by UFI Blog | Nov 27, 2019 | Education, Family, Schools, UFI Blog, Values
By Tori Black Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays: a day to gather with those we love and focus on all that we have to be grateful for. It also tends to feel a little squeezed though: the four-day break that separates the costumes and candy of...
by UFI Blog | Oct 1, 2019 | Gender Identity, Religious Freedom, Research, Same-Sex Attraction, Sexual Orientation, Transgender
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black It has no teeth, but it is sending a message. In June of this year, the California Assembly passed ACR 99, a resolution that condemns...
by UFI Blog | Jun 25, 2019 | LGBT, Religious Freedom, Religious rights
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black Friday I opened up my newsfeed, and this is what greeted me: an account of a six year old girl traumatized by her teacher who insisted...
by UFI Blog | Jun 24, 2019 | Family, motherhood, Religion, working mothers
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Jenet Erickson When findings from the World Family Map exploring links between religion and family well-being were published in The New York...
by UFI Blog | May 21, 2019 | Defense of Marriage Act, Free Speech, Marriage, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, The Family
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black For the United Nations, May 15 marked 25 years of observing the International Day of Families. This day was created in 1995 to...
