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UFI: Many Hands Making a Difference
Many Hands Making a Difference! At United Families International, we are so grateful for our volunteers and college interns. They help carry the load of researching social science for our Family Issues Guides, writing articles for our UFI Blog, and posting daily...
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2015: Reflecting in Gratitude for One Significant Year It has been my unique opportunity to serve as the Chairman of the Board for UFI for the past two years. The mission, history and talent within UFI are unlike any organization I have witnessed. The...
Guard your Marriage with Gratitude
Guard your Marriage with Gratitude Whether you have been married for fifty minutes or fifty years, you may have discovered that your spouse is not perfect. You and your spouse may even be noticing a “demand-withdrawal” communication...
Go Home and Change the World
November 12, 2015 From the Desk of Laura Bunker: I haven't been to a conference as big and slick and rich with content as this World Congress of Families.” (Australia) “This is phenomenal! Now I know we're not fighting alone!” (Alabama) ...
For Sale: One Child, Excellent Genes
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: From the light bulb to jet engines to smart phones, the expansion of technology has been a great benefit to humankind. But can it go too far? Science fiction movies are filled with spine-chilling examples, but today’s truth may be even...
Manipulating Science & You
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: We at United Families International are regularly astonished by the oft-heard statement: “There is no difference in children raised by two married biological parents and two same-sex parents.” When that way of thinking found its way...
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By Ashley Corbaley I do not live far from Houston and Hurricane Harvey hit much too close to home. As word that Harvey had turned from a tropical storm to a Category 3 hurricane, then a Category 4, panic spread throughout my town. I went to the store to find the...
Protecting Your Marriage Against Emotional Affairs
By Breaunna Stone A strong society relies on strong marriages. Ryan Andersons, Senior Research Fellow at William E. Simon, in a report on marriage and family stated: “Marriage is the fundamental building block of all human civilization…Society as a whole, not merely...
Chinese Government Bans Children from Attending Church
By Diane Robertson The Chinese have not had much religious freedom for more than a generation. But the communist-run government has recently made laws to restrict religious worship even further. Government officials in China have issued warnings to hundreds of...
Silencing Your Ideological Opponent with a Label
by Tori Black Hate. Feelings of prejudice filling people with such animus and loathing that they are motivated to hurt, to harm, and to kill. With good reason we recoil from hate when we see it. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed the heart of a complacent country by...
Boys Will Be Boys & Girls Will Be Girls: A Mother’s Perspective on Teaching the Dependability of Gender to Children
By Erin Weist A Mother’s Perspective on Teaching the Dependability of Gender to Children I’ve reviewed the literature: There are many conflicting studies—some purport transgenderism can be successful through social acceptance while others some that indicate gender...
FAMILY: OUR GREATEST REFUGE DURING LIFE’S STORMS
By McKayla Skinner Family is our greatest refuge during life’s storms. This timeless truth was proven once again during the recent devastating natural disaster in Texas, known as Hurricane Harvey. In tracking the headlines on the hurricane three accounts illustrated...
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