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Something Wicked this Way Comes
Something Wicked this Way Comes... A 1962 fantasy novel, later made into a Disney movie, borrowed its title from Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “Something Wicked This Way Comes.” It was the story of a traveling carnival who arrived at idyllic, unsuspecting “Green Town,”...
Addressing a “social and spiritual crisis”
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: In a time when so many things are conspiring to fracture families, it is such a breath of fresh air to find Catholic leadership gathering to discuss how to strengthen them. While much misinformation has circulated about the Catholic...
Toward a Healthy Marriage
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: With the assault on marriage sweeping across the United States faster than we can keep up, marriage between a man and a woman needs our support more than ever. Our legal options may be limited, but we can help build a “marriage...
What Happened?
From the Desk of Laura Bunker United Families is greatly disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the marriage petition of Utah and four other states. Our world may have changed, but it has not ended. If ever there was a time to "keep calm and carry...
What Young People Want
What Young People Want Movie screens, computer screens, tablet screens, and cell phone screens—they’re everywhere and do just about everything—except “screen” out harmful content. Today’s young people are saturated in destructive messages about body image, sexual...
Inevitable? Not So Fast…
From the Desk of Laura Bunker On September 29, the U.S. Supreme Court justices will privately convene to start considering cases for their upcoming term, which begins in October. One case we hope they will accept is Utah’s petition defending the state’s ability to...
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If It Looks Like a Duck…
by Diane Robertson Michelle Cretella, M.D. and president of the American College of Pediatricians declared that affirming children’s wishes to live as the opposite gender is child abuse. “Today’s institutions that promote transition affirmation are pushing children to...
Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone
United Families International was privileged to have university students accompany us to the Commission on the Status of Women. Madisen Busenbark shares what she learned while at the United Nations. It’s been nearly 4 months now, and I still can’t get it off my mind....
Fostering Freedom
by Christie Masters This 4th of July marked the first time I have had the privilege to participate in our community’s annual parade. The early morning saw our historic downtown quickly fill with the different groups that would be walking (or riding) down the long...
At the Click of a Button
by McKayla Skinner The Nurx app (Pronounced New RX) and others like it, promote birth control at the click of a button, without the personal assistance of a pharmacist or a visit to the doctor’s office. Nurx offers birth control such as: the pill, patch and ring, as...
Parenting: Five Better Ways to Communicate
by McKayla Skinner Parent-child communication is often challenging. Across time and culture almost all parents have had to confront contention in their homes, and most have realized that they needed to change the communication patterns in their family. As a...
Punishing Speech is Not the Answer
by Diane Robertson Free speech has been under attack for many years now. Any speech deemed offensive is being punished and those punishments are being cheered from all sides of the political spectrum. It seems that Americans no longer comprehend freedom of speech. The...
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