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UN Women – Redefining Gender and Erasing Women
Hello Friends, I suppose we should get over being shocked, but just when you think you’ve seen, and heard, it all, the powers that be at the UN say something that leaves you just dumbfounded. This time around it was the director of UN Women that had us shaking our...
Family: The Key to Thriving Communities and Economies
Hello Friends, One of the best presentations at a recent UN event about families that I attended was given by Joseph Price, an economics professor at Brigham Young University. His presentation was titled “Household Family Structure and the Macroeconomic Welfare of...
Contempt is Keeping Us from Becoming ‘a More Perfect Union’
Many years ago, Neal A. Maxwell, who had served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, likened the spread of sin to spilled milk. He said, “Young parents know how a mere half cup of spilled milk seems to...
Same-sex Politics and the Lie of “Inclusivity”
Hello Friends, Where would our world be without dissenters – those individuals who are willing to stick their necks out (sometimes literally) for what they believe? Well, the United States would be a part of the British Commonwealth, for one. We learn of and honor the...
To Change the Future, Children Need History
Hello Friends, When I was young, my grandmothers told me stories about my family – about my grandfather who died before I was born who made his living as a professional musician and my great-grandfather who was a teacher and school administrator in the Hawaiian...
Current Culture Sabotages the Capacity for Happiness
Hello Friends, Despite the fact that family is most frequently mentioned as the greatest source of meaning and fulfillment in life, young people are having difficulty forming families. It turns out that modern society and modern values make it hard to establish...
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Our Modern Culture War: LGBTQ Rights vs. Religious Liberty
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black Friday I opened up my newsfeed, and this is what greeted me: an account of a six year old girl traumatized by her teacher who insisted...
No, Religious Women are Not Brainwashed
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Jenet Erickson When findings from the World Family Map exploring links between religion and family well-being were published in The New York...
Dad – A Girl’s First and Most Influential Love
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Dr. Timothy Rarick Last September, on a Sunday afternoon, my wife and I were walking through “Speakers Corner” in Hyde Park, London. I was amazed...
The Struggle Against Abortion – A “Herculean Endeavor”
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black Like me, you probably have many friends who share their opinions on social media about the important issues our families face. Even...
SPLC: Blacklisting Pro-family Groups and Peddling Hate
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black For the United Nations, May 15 marked 25 years of observing the International Day of Families. This day was created in 1995 to...
The Equality Act – Harming Children and Hijacking the Rights of Parents
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black How do you define discrimination? The Merriam-Webster dictionary says that it is being prejudiced or having a prejudicial outlook,...
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