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Making the Right Choice
Making decisions can be hard – often really hard. It seems those “really hard” decisions, for the most part, are easier to make when we are making them for someone else. Sometimes, being in the middle of difficult decision-making moments or determining how to face...
Putting an End to Critical Race Theory – We Need Your Help!
It’s becoming more and more common to hear things that sound good, yet after taking a deeper look into the words, message, or policy, you realize it’s not what it first seems. The new rule, proposed in mid-April by the Biden administration to address racism, certainly...
Gender Identity Ideology – The Political Religion Distorting the Meaning of Sex and Gender
This alert makes the adage “Politics makes strange bedfellows” very relevant. United Families International has found common cause with the self-described radical feminist group Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF). We share WoLF’s concern regarding the effort of the UN...
Standing Up to UN Overreach at the Commission on the Status of Women
Each year, prior to the beginning of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), UFI is engaged in training and preparing college students and other adults to engage in this two-week-long annual event centered on women's rights. Part of the UFI team follows the...
Equality and Fairness: Re-establishing the Common Good Through the Principle of Compromise
The Equality Act, once again, looms large in the political and cultural debates - threatening religious freedom, women's rights and our way of understanding marriage, family and humanity as it relates to discrimination in the public square. To some, the Fairness for...
Video Games: Healthy Pastime or Pathway to Addiction?
This past year brought changes into our lives that we never anticipated. Many parents are now feeling overloaded and short on time as they need to spend more time taking care of their family and overseeing their children’s education. On the other hand, some adults...
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Who Needs a Marriage License Anyway?
By Karin Waters Is a marriage license really necessary? People generally want to be happy, and when we see adult couples living together, they do seem happy. And if there are kids, they’re bound to be happy too, right? Think again. A report from the Centers for...
Arming Your Children and Homes Against Pornography
By Sarah Fairbanks When my son was about 8 years old, he quietly knocked on the door of our bedroom one night. We invited him in, and I could sense his unease. “Mommy, I think I did something bad.” The tears began to flow as we scooped him up and inquired over his...
The Real Cost of Abortion
By Katie Austin One of the most exciting and nerve-wracking experiences is when a woman finds out she will soon be a mother. Will the child be a boy or a girl? What will we call him, or her? What happens from here on out? Such were the thoughts running through the...
The Precarious State of Parental Rights
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Cristina Cevallos Calle In August 2013, 33 police officers and seven youth welfare officers forcibly entered the home of Dirk and Petra’s...
Demographic Decline – What’s Causing It, and How We Can Reverse It
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Wendy Wixom The following article is based on remarks presented by United Families International President, Wendy Wixom, at an online and...
The Importance of Language in Defending Women’s Sports
By United Families International United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. On May 22, 2022, USA Today published an op-ed by former Connecticut high school runner Chelsea Mitchell. Mitchell is one...
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