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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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Gender Transitioning: Not Worth the Risk
By Ashlee Kendell Ellie and Nele were two young girls who identified as trans males and took testosterone to appear masculine. Ellie realized at the age of 14 that she was a lesbian. In addition, she was uncomfortable identifying as a woman. She said, “I wanted to be...
Standing Up to UN Overreach at the Commission on the Status of Women
By United Families International The United Nations’ annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) recently concluded, and, true to form, the Commission continued its assault on the family, parental rights, the health and wellbeing of children, and religious liberty....
Screen Time vs. Green Time
By Jillian Celmo A year ago our family made the decision to pull our oldest child out of public school and began homeschooling him. Zephyr was five years old and in Kindergarten. He had loved it so much but something changed after Christmas break, and our once happy...
Equality and Fairness: Re-establishing the Common Good Through the Principle of Compromise
Contributed by Tori Black In 1976, Ronald Reagan gave a speech to a deeply divided Republican Party addressing the challenge found in bringing together people with diverse perspectives and goals. Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center,...
The Courage of the Madonnas
By Nicole Smithson Across the country, from Maryland to California are 12 Madonna’s of the Trail. These are identical statues of a woman holding a child in one arm, carrying a rifle in another hand, and a toddler child clinging to her dress. These statues are located...
The False Promise of Cohabitation
By Ashlee Kendell Over the past 50 years, research has shown that the average increased risk for divorce, when related to premarital cohabitation, has not changed. We have 50 years of evidence indicating that cohabiting before marriage does not lead to longevity in...
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