by UFI Blog | Nov 3, 2016 | Family, Values
by Elise Ellsworth A favorite childhood memory of mine was my Great-grandma Leuthold’s annual Christmas gathering in Sherwood, Oregon. Nostalgic smells and a crackling fire greeted us warmly as we entered the gathering place. Aunts milled in the kitchen catching up...
by UFI Blog | Oct 12, 2016 | Diane Robertson, Family, Parents, Values
by Diane Robertson Following the ratifying of the US Constitution, John Adams rightly foretold, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Citizens of the United States are getting ready...
by UFI Blog | Sep 27, 2016 | The Family, UFI, Values
by Ashley Corbaley For as long as I can remember Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous saying: “Do one thing every day that scares you” has been my personal motto. I had the quote pinned to my corkboard in my bedroom growing up. I wrote it in school binders and notebooks. It was...
by UFI Blog | Sep 23, 2016 | Choice, Values
by Mekelle Tenney “It’s human nature!” This popular saying is often used to justify behavior. Human nature, or men in the state of nature, was a topic that we studied and debated a great deal in college. And it is something that I have been thinking a lot about...
by UFI Blog | Sep 12, 2016 | Values
by Jennifer Johnson When was the last time that you saw a meme or commercial that portrayed men doing something ridiculous, and you laughed because it was a “boys will be boys” scenario? How about the insurance company commercial during the Olympics that showed a man...
by UFI Blog | Aug 31, 2016 | Bioethics, Child Development, Diane Robertson, Eugenics, Family, Freedom, Gender Identity, Health Care, Sexual Orientation, Transgender, Values
by Diane Robertson The US federal government continues to push what it calls “transgender rights” on the American people and the American people continue to fight back. The Obama administration has come out with regulations for all hospitals that receive any...
