Supreme Court

21 May

Posted at 05:50h in Constitution, Courts, Defense of Marriage Act, Democracy, Diane Robertson, Families, Gender, Government, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog by
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Diane Robertson Last June the Supreme Court made two rulings on same sex marriage : United States  v. Windsor (DOMA) , and  Hollingsworth v. Perry (Proposition 8). In the case of DOMA, the Supreme Court ruled that the US government could not withhold federal benefits from...

19 May

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Kristi Kane The United States is a melting pot. I learned that years ago in United States History class. We have immigrants from just about every country in the world. Most are from Europe (like my ancestors), some are from Africa, some from Central and South...

11 Apr

Posted at 08:00h in Constitution, Courts, Democracy, Environmentalism, Families, Free Speech, Government, Human Rights, Proposition 8, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, Sovereignty, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Maddi Gillel On a fairly regular basis, we hear the phrase “we’re losing our freedoms.”  Do we understand what that means?  Do our eyes glaze over? Do we ask ourselves ‘okay, so what do we do about it’?  Let me give you just a few examples...

09 Apr

Posted at 15:23h in Civil Unions, Constitution, Courts, Democracy, Diane Robertson, Free Speech, Government, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Marriage, Non-Discrimination, Proposition 8, Religion, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, UFI Blog, Values by
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The role of the Supreme Court in checks and balances is to stop acts of the President, laws of Congress or of states that break a rule in the Constitution. One rule of the constitution is found in the first amendment of the Bill of...

21 Mar

Posted at 07:59h in Constitution, Courts, Defense of Marriage Act, Democracy, DOMA, Education, Families, Gender, Government, Homosexuality, Marriage, Proposition 8, Same-Sex Marriage, Sovereignty, Supreme Court, UFI Blog, Values by
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Elise Ellsworth On April 10, 2014, the 10th Circuit will hear the case Kitchen v. Herbert, a case challenging Utah’s Amendment 3 constitutional ban on the marriage of same-sex couples.  This follows the holding in the United States District Court for the District of Utah that...

18 Dec

Posted at 08:38h in Abortion, Cohabitation, Constitution, Courts, Defense of Marriage Act, Diane Robertson, DOMA, Domestic Partner Registry, Down Syndrome, Euthanasia, Families, Gender, Government, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Marriage, Parental Rights, Pedophilia, Physician Assisted Suicide, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Diane Robertson Around the holidays I usually don’t want to think about politics, laws, or policies. But lawsuits, bad laws, and general bad ideas meant to damage the family, do not take a Christmas vacation. This Christmas the family is being attacked on many fronts. Belgium is...

04 Dec

Posted at 04:18h in Abortion, Diane Robertson, Education, Free Speech, Human Rights, Religion, Religious Freedom, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Supreme Court, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Diane Robertson Is religion an important part of society? One Supreme Court Justice in Britain thinks so. Lord Sumption, has blamed a need for more laws on the decline in religion and traditional moral values. From 1997 to 2007 Britain added 3000 new laws in the...

07 May

Posted at 10:16h in Abortion, Child Development, Courts, Defense of Marriage Act, Education, Elder Care, Euthanasia, Families, Homosexuality, Marriage, Planned Parenthood, Religion, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Supreme Court, The Family, Values by
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Rachel Allison There are bombs going off on more fronts than I can name.  The attacks are relentless and escalating. Abortion—Now the truth is coming out about the “safety” and “compassion” of abortion clinics.  And we thought the supposed "back-alley abortions" were bad? Euthanasia—being legalized and accepted as...