Values

29 May

Posted at 14:33h in Child Development, Courts, Democracy, Education, Families, father, Free Speech, Government, Grandparents, Parental Rights, Schools, UFI Blog, Values by
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Rebecca Mallory Do you think Alice Cooper was forewarning us about Common Core with that annoying song, incessantly repeated every May by school kids across the fruited plain? I wonder how our parents would have reacted when they yelled at us to, "Turn that horrid music...

28 May

Posted at 16:48h in Constitution, Courts, Democracy, Diane Robertson, Gender, Government, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Non-Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, Supreme Court, UFI Blog, Values by
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Diane Robertson Just how far will government and government agencies go to enforce complete acceptance of gay marriage from everyone? The story of the Washington State based florist, Barronelle Stutzman illustrates the measures taken to enforce someone to accept and participate in gay marriage. In March of...

16 May

Posted at 07:55h in Child Development, Families, father, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Religion, Single Mothers, The Family, UFI Blog, Values, working mothers by
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Elise Ellsworth Years ago in a class on family relationships someone asked the students what they liked about their childhood family.  There were many varied responses but we all paused for a moment when one respondent offered a unique response - “forgiveness.”  Most families have their...

15 May

Posted at 14:00h in Child Development, Families, Free Speech, Government, Human Rights, Media, motherhood, Parenting, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Rebecca Mallory What's the big deal with using four-letter words, swearing, etc? And who the heck (is that bad??) gets to decide what swearing is anyway? At age 7, I remember doing dishes with my older sister, Jean, who coaxed me into yelling "fanny!" at the top of my lungs...

14 May

Posted at 03:47h in Child Development, Courts, Diane Robertson, Education, Gender, Government, Human Rights, Non-Discrimination, Schools, Sexual Orientation, Transgender, UFI Blog, Values by
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Diane Robertson In 1972 federal law makers came up with a law known as Title IX that prohibits discrimination in education based on sex (gender). The idea behind the law was that any educational program receiving federal funding had to apply the programs to both boys...

05 May

Posted at 17:43h in Child Development, Drug Use, Education, Families, Pornography, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Kristi Kane A year ago last April, our community was left struggling after a teenage boy in my daughter's school (one who she knew personally and was friends with) took his life. A dark shadow cast itself on all who knew him. I found myself thinking,...

02 May

Posted at 11:16h in Child Development, Demographic Decline, Education, Families, Family Planning, Feminism, Marriage, Media, motherhood, Myth Buster, Parenting, Population Control, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Maryn Holladay My husband subscribes to Bloomberg Businessweek.  This magazine and I have a good thing going on.  Like weekly clockwork: the magazine arrives, I thumb through, I focus on a fascinating article or two (or six), and a few minutes (or… longer) later, I feel...