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“60’s, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll”
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: As you know, two weeks ago the U.S. Supreme Court listened to oral arguments on whether or not to allow states to define marriage as a man and a woman. Many Americans are numb with disbelief. How did we come to this point? This did not...
Good News – Good Example
Good News - Good Example! With discouraging news blasting from every media outlet, it is refreshing to hear about someone standing up for family and truth, and having a powerful impact. The setting was the recent UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD),...
Disappearing Religious Freedom
Disappearing Religious Freedom Like many of you, we at United Families International have been concerned at how quickly our Constitutionally-guaranteed religious freedoms seem to be crumbling in the United States. For example: The state of Washington recently ruled...
Television Takeover
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Television has always been good at instant messaging--instantly putting messages into viewers minds, and shaping cultural attitudes along the way. In today’s eye-opening alert, Erika Walker discusses the powerful influence of TV, and...
“The kitchen is a torture chamber”
"The Kitchen is a Torture Chamber?" The annual UN Commission on the Status of women is winding to a close and we wish you’d been there with us to experience some of the high moments and some outrageous and unnerving, yet revealing moments. Close to 7,000 women from...
Too many children?
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: The United Nations “Commission on the Status of Women” (CSW) began on Monday March 9, and will run for two weeks. United Families International has a team on the ground in New York, with additional members attending next week, including...
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Parental Right in Dire Trouble: The Story of Charlie Gard
by Diane Robertson By now, everyone knows the story of Charlie Gard. He was a very ill baby. His parents wished to transfer his care from the UK to the US. They had crowd-sourced over a million dollars for some experimental treatments. The Hospital would not let...
The Pornography Thieves: Stealing My Daughter’s Innocence
Lessons Learned From My Teenage Daughter’s Pornography Addiction The Author of This Article Wishes to Remain Anonymous As parents of a teenage son, my husband and I have been adamant about teaching him the hazards of pornography. This adheres to an urgency that exists...
The Balancing Act
by Erin Weist I recently read a book written in 1955 by a woman who visited a quiet beach for a vacation alone for several weeks. She observed the world around her and recorded her thoughts as they related to her life, subsequently publishing them as Gift from the...
The Power of Teaching Children to Work
by Elise Ellsworth Many years ago, homeschooling pioneer, Dorothy Moore, described "a woman who was asked by a rehabilitation center to counsel men who had been classified as unemployable. They were not derelicts, Mrs. Moore reports, but instead, well-dressed and...
A Path to Defunding Planned Parenthood
by Diane Robertson Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the United States. They kill over 300,000 unborn babies each year, and they have been caught illegally selling body parts of unborn babies. So, here at United Families International, we can only...
They, It and Identity
by McKayla Skinner Recently, BBC News published an article entitled Canadian Baby ‘First Without Gender Designation’ On Health Card. The article talks about a non-binary transgender person (neither completely male or female) known as Kori Doty (originally a female),...
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