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Gender Identity Politics: Erasing Womanhood at the United Nations and How that Will Affect You
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, As we planned for the Commission on the Status of Women this year, we felt strongly that we needed to address two aspects of the current trends in transgender activism: the participation of transwomen in women’s sports...
Masterpiece Cakeshop: Successfully defends religious liberty – again!
From the desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop was in the news again. We’ve shared his story with you before. He is one of an increasing number of business owners who find themselves caught in a battle between First Amendment rights...
The United Nations and the Family: What does it have to do with you?
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Most people don’t realize the pervasive influence that the United Nations has on our everyday lives and the way it can affect our families. UN deliberations affect our laws, the curriculum in our schools and the policies...
The Countercultural Institution on the Family
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Author and researcher Jennifer Marshall has said “Marriage is a promise. Not just between one man and one woman, but to the community at large, to generations past and to those yet to be born. Wedding vows set apart this...
The Equal Rights Amendment: Still a Bad Idea for Women and Families
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, In 1972 the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) passed the US Senate and was sent to the states for ratification. It was first proposed in 1923 but didn’t gain any traction until following the feminist revolution that began in the...
The Reality of Abortion: Sacrificing the Future
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the New York legislature passed a law that would protect the most radical of abortion procedures. The state has defined abortion as a fundamental right. Doing so may infringe on rights of...
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Is Instagram Ruining Your Marriage?
By Miriam Merrill Your Instagram account may be ruining your marriage. With the number of active monthly users reaching 1 billion, Instagram is more popular than ever. While there are millions of users in every age category, approximately 64% of users are...
We Need Children Even More than They Need Us
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Jenet Erickson When renowned Harvard sociologist Carle Zimmerman published his sweeping analysis of the rise and fall of great civilizations, he...
Surrogacy: Babies on Demand and Motherhood in Pieces
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Camille Williams Rachel’s cry of longing, envy and despair, “Give me children else I die” (Genesis 30:1) is echoed in our day by infertile...
The Equality Act – An Atrocity Against Women
Contributed by Tori Black On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, the House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing on HR5, the Equality Act. Sponsors and supporters of the act claim that it will extend civil rights protections based on sex, sexual orientation and gender...
Technology’s Threat to Our Children
By Marisa Higley As a child I lived a life almost completely without technology. I spent my time outside, climbed trees, played in the mud and dirt, jumped on the trampoline, and picked raspberries from our bushes. Every chance I had I was outside exploring. I rarely...
Make Some Noise
By Tonya Cox I am a mother in California. My husband and I spent most of our family life raising our five children in here. Our youngest child is a senior in high school and our third California high school graduate. I cannot express how grateful I am that in a few...
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