Values

01 May

Posted at 10:45h in Constitution, Democracy, Education, Families, Government, Grandparents, Human Rights, Media, Parenting, Research, Sovereignty, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Rebecca Mallory No doubt you've heard the recent debates over capitalism. It is the American way and has been since its inception. Recently, however, many speak of capitalism in disparaging terms; that it is somehow unfair, that it promotes greed and robs the very worker that...

30 Apr

Posted at 07:36h in Child Development, Diane Robertson, Education, Families, Government, Research, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Diane Robertson Many parents across the nation are wary, worried, and bemused by the new Common Core standards. An important part of Common Core is the standardized testing. To prepare students for the tests, school administrators are enforcing strict instruction for much of the school day....

25 Apr

Posted at 12:43h in Constitution, Courts, Democracy, Education, Families, Government, Human Rights, Sovereignty, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Maddi Gillel There is consistency and warning of great men throughout history - from Cicero to leaders in the 20th century – of what it takes to preserve freedom and what it takes to destroy it..  I believe we must head their warning for I cannot...

21 Apr

Posted at 07:47h in Child Development, Education, Families, father, motherhood, Parenting, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Kristi Kane Recently I was reviewing my year's posts on Facebook. One of the things I'd written was during Christmastime, and it said, “I never want to ask my children to do another chore again. I can't handle the whining and complaining, so I think I'll...

17 Apr

Posted at 20:34h in Birth Rate, Child Development, Cohabitation, Families, father, Gender, Health Care, Homosexuality, Marriage, motherhood, Parenting, Same-Sex Marriage, Sanctity of Life, The Family, UFI Blog, Values by
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Elise Ellsworth Next week my husband and I will celebrate fifteen years of marriage together.  Our marriage has weathered the births of seven children, four college degrees, eleven moves (four of them cross-country), job losses, being hit by a tornado, too many emergency room trips to...

16 Apr

Posted at 08:00h in Child Development, Diane Robertson, Education, Families, Free Speech, Government, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Non-Discrimination, Parenting, Pornography, Schools, Sex Education, Sexual Orientation, UFI Blog, Values by
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Diane Robertson How would a community respond if their school district or school allowed adults to come into the school and walk around naked? What if there was a naked day at the school where adults were allowed to come and parade nude around the school,...

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...