by United Families International | Oct 8, 2014 | Constitution, Defense of Marriage Act, Diane Robertson, Gender, Marriage, Media, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sovereignty, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson A week ago I wrote about how gay marriage was back at the Supreme Court. I did not expect that just a week later, the Supreme Court Justices would have dismissed all marriage cases. In a move like Pontius Pilate, the Supreme Court washed their hands of...
by United Families International | Oct 7, 2014 | Education, Family, father, Free Speech, Gender, Grandparents, Marriage, Parents, Research, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Nathalie Bowman Yesterday was a normal day. OK, it was not normal, it was my birthday! But I did the routine thing and took two of my teenagers and three other teens to school 25 minutes away. On the way home, I did something out of routine. I turned on the radio. And...
by United Families International | Oct 1, 2014 | Child Development, Constitution, Defense of Marriage Act, Diane Robertson, Gender, Marriage, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Supreme Court, The Family, Transgender, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson Behind closed doors, the justices on the Supreme Court are considering taking gay marriage cases from five states: Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The Justices put these cases at the top of their schedule. All five states had either...
by United Families International | Sep 22, 2014 | Child Development, Down Syndrome, Education, Family, Gender, Non-Discrimination, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kristen Jan Heimuli In all the debates and conversations regarding civil rights it is easy to focus primarily on the struggles of race or gender. And while those struggles have been extremely profound, we tend to forget about a very special population-the last...
by United Families International | Sep 17, 2014 | Child Development, Constitution, Diane Robertson, Family, father, Gender, Marriage, Parents, Proposition 8, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Diane Robertson We live in a time that many refer to as an “age of entitlement”. There are books and papers written about parents hassling teachers to give their children higher grades, or bosses talking about parents calling them up to tell them they have to hire...
by United Families International | Aug 25, 2014 | Child Development, Family, Feminism, Gender, Marriage, Parents, Sexual Orientation, Transgender, UFI Blog
Kristen Jan Heimuli The popular phrases, “It’s a boy!” and “It’s a girl!” are now outdated, old-fashioned themes for baby showers everywhere.Gender has moved from two types to over 50. In fact, as of February of this year, Facebook has provided a list of 58 gender...