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Family – When Less May Not Be More
From the Desk of Tori Black: Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has said, “The home is the laboratory of love, and in it resides the most important unit of the Church and of society—the family.” We live, however, in a day...
Parents: The First and Best Defense Against Pornography in Schools
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Just a couple of thoughts…questions really. How familiar are you with everything that is going on at your children’s school (or your grandchildren’s)? And if something happened at school that was harmful to your kids, would...
The Major Forces We Are Up Against…
The Major Forces We Are Up Against… Borrowing a phrase from a prominent US city, the perspective of the vast majority of Americans is, “What Happens at the UN, stays at the UN.” Sadly, however, this isn’t the case. On the contrary, to a large degree the UN can...
Medical Marijuana Done Right
From the Desk of Tori Black: Dear Friends, A few years ago I went to my first legislative committee hearing about medical marijuana. It was eye-opening in a way that surprised me because it fundamentally changed the way I looked at cannabis and those seeking to...
China’s One-Child Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Hello Friends, There is a law of unintended consequences in this world. The worst of unintended consequences are those that arise from the idea that people, humans, are a burden on society and on resources instead of a valuable asset that contributes to and benefits...
Abortion and Assisted Suicide: The New “Universal Human Right”
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, You know that something is seriously wrong in the world when death through abortion and assisted suicide is peddled as a “right to life.” I kid you not. At a recently concluded United Nations meeting regarding human rights,...
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The United Nations and the Family: What does it have to do with you?
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black March 20, 2003, my family had joined my parents in Maui for a spring vacation. From our tiny, speck of an island in the middle of the...
Unexpected Motherhood
By Kimberly Williams Each year there are millions of unintended pregnancies. In 2013, I became part of that statistic, which changed my life forever. I had been casually dating a guy for 6 months. It was right before Christmas of 2012 that I decided to take a...
The Countercultural Institution of the Family
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black In 1975, Tippi Hedren, the actress best known for her role in the Alfred Hitchcock horror film The Birds, visited a Vietnamese refugee...
The Equal Rights Amendment: Still a Bad Idea for Women and Families
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Teresa Hunsaker For many decades now we have witnessed the progress of the movement for ‘equality’ between the sexes. In fact, the debate has...
The Reality of Abortion: Sacrificing the Future
Contributed by Camille Williams Coincidentally, on January 22, 2019, the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, National Geographic sent out an email titled in part “World’s largest child sacrifice discovered in Peru.” Of course, I clicked on the link. My husband spent two...
UN Civil Society Comes to Utah
Contributed by Tori Black, President of United Families International Following World War II, the United Nations was formed with the goal of establishing a world of safety and peace. Peace, however, is elusive. Even when we are free from the ravages of war, people...
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