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We Exist Because of Your Generosity!
We Exist Because of Your Generosity! As the history books close the pages on 2013, we see that the coming year is stacking up as one of the most critical years in defense the family in our lifetime. Numerous issues are surfacing constantly – – almost to the point of...
The ‘Nuclear Option’ Hits Home
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Three weeks ago, the U.S. Senate invoked a “nuclear option” that changed the way judges can be nominated. As UFI Board member and legal expert Bill Duncan explains in this week’s alert, “A change in Senate rules is just a way of easing...
UN Treaty Hurts Families
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: As I write this, a fierce wind is blowing outside, whipping the snow in circles, and driving it through the holes in our window screens. Yet I am able to sit by the fireplace and write in peace. Home is truly a shelter from the storm....
Power of Religion and Family
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: The family and religion are “the double helix of society, each dependent on the strength of the other for successful reproduction,” according to author Mary Eberstadt. In fact, religious observance and family bonds are connected in...
The Pies that Bind
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Golden-brown turkey, soft buttery rolls, spicy pumpkin pies. . . what are your family’s favorite Thanksgiving traditions? Family traditions are more than just familiar routines. They are powerful sources of strength to families. Research...
Religious Freedom Our Heritage: Action Needed
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: This week the U.S. government is making two major decisions that could greatly harm Religious Freedom in the United States: 1) TODAY the U.S. Senate is voting on ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act). ENDA is the nationwide version of...
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A Promise is a Promise
by Elise Ellsworth What is marriage like when you reach eighteen years? My husband and I reached that milestone this past week. Eighteen years of fun dates, moonlight, romance, hand holding and batting our eyes…? Well, not quite. We have had our share of romance but...
Be the One
United Families International was privileged to have university students accompany us to the Commission on the Status of Women. Breaunna Stone shares what she learned while at the United Nations. As we walked into the side event, it was visible we didn’t quite fit in....
A Chance at Life
by Candice LeSueur I am the fourth of six children in my family. We all joke about how my parents’ third child, the sister just older than me, was a fierce one. My mom thought she would be finished with having kids after her, but I’m so glad she decided to let me come...
Do Playgrounds Have a Religion?
by Diane Robertson Another aspect of the doctrine of separation of Church and State is on trial at the Supreme Court, today, April 19, 2017. This is an important case for families because it affects government interaction with both education and religion. Some say...
A Double-Header of Good News!
UFI president shares with us the progress made at the recent United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. After years of not being able to substantively address “family” in UN documents, the dry spell has ended and “family” is back in a Commission on the Status...
Where Does This All Lead?
United Families International was privileged to have university students accompany us to the Commission on the Status of Women. Andy Gongora shares what he learned while at the United Nations. My main purpose for coming to the UN was to learn about and become more...