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Beyond “Love Is Love”: Reconsidering the Purpose of Marriage
For over two decades, United Families International has been at the forefront of the same-sex marriage debate, including working at the state and federal levels to promote and defend marriage. It has been an interesting and often disheartening journey to see all the...
Patriotism: The Love That Holds a Nation Together
My father was a retired Army colonel who served from World War II through the Vietnam era, dedicating more than three decades to military service. During those years, he faced moments that nearly cost him his life—sacrifices he rarely spoke of but never regretted....
Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Love: Why Fatherhood is Built on Micro-Moments
Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Love: Why Fatherhood is Built on Micro-Moments This Father’s Day, United Families International honors fathers around the world for their irreplaceable role in the lives of their children, families, and communities. While we often celebrate...
What Happens when Women Leave Their Faith Behind?
You can tell a lot about a building by watching its foundation. Cracks in the paint may be cosmetic. A broken window may be repaired. But when the foundation begins to shift, everything above it is affected. For generations, women have been a foundational force in...
Who Knew? Men have Rights, Too
The famous quote “Women hold up half the sky” (attributed to Mao Zedong) is a good reminder of the essential contributions of women to society. But what happens when the other half of the population “holding up the sky” is forgotten and often maligned? Boys and men...
Oh, the Irony… A Tribute to an Exceptional Mother and Leader
Each year, a nation sets aside a day to honor and celebrate the person who arguably has the most profound influence on our lives—our mother. And yet, this past March at the Commission on the Status of Women, despite the intense efforts of UFI and the broader...
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Teaching Our Families- Free Societies Need Free Speech
The Challenge in a free society is not eliminating differences, but learning how to engage one another respectfully.
The Truth About What Boys Need To Succeed
June 18, 2026 By: Christal Taggart When my boys were growing up, I sometimes joked about wanting to start a Tom Sawyer School for Boys. Instead of sitting at desks all day, students would learn math while building rafts, science while exploring the outdoors, and...
Support For Fathers-How Families and Societies Make A Big Difference
June 8, 2026 By: Christal Taggart From time to time, as our children were growing up, my husband would sit down with each child individually. He would check in to see how they were doing emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Looking back, those...
On The Rise-Kids Turning To AI For Artificial Connection
May 21, 2026 By: Christal Taggart When my children were teenagers, we would often pile into our 15-passenger van, and go somewhere as a family. That van was rarely quiet, and we eventually gave it a name: the "Van-O-Fun." It was filled with overlapping conversations,...
A Look Inside Modern Culture and Declining Birth Rates
May 6, 2026 By: Christal Taggart Since Thomas Robert Malthus published An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798, societies have worried that a world with too many people would lead to disaster, famine, poverty, and disease. That idea has shaped what we believe...
Sparks Fly-How Modern Dating Gets Love Wrong
Sexual intimacy is designed to reinforce connection. It was never designed to objectively test compatibility.
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