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Gratitude is power in the home
Thank you, Gracias, Merci, Danke, Hvala, Dhanyavaad, Kamsahamnida! As we approach the Thanksgiving season in America, we express heartfelt gratitude for your part in the work of United Families International over the past year. We sincerely thank our wonderful...
Millennial Madness
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Some of the most powerful voices for marriage and family are young adults -- the “millennials.” That is why we enthusiastically post articles written by our UFI Interns and other college students on our UFI Blog and Facebook page, along...
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...
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Wrongful Birth?
by Breaunna Stone Many people proclaim themselves to be “pro life,” or “pro choice.” I claim to be both. I am pro life in the sense that I believe that a new life is created at the time of conception, and that every life created, has the right to live beyond life...
Welcome to the Asylum, Eh?
by Diane Robertson The Canadian senate just destroyed science, sanity, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion. They passed the most ridiculous anti-freedom law yet to hit the books of a western nation. In a vote of 63 to 11, the senate added...
Off the Grid
by Alannah Hurley Recently, I did what some would call unfathomable, what some wish they could do, and what some have already done – I quit social media. At first it was hard not having that constant entertainment at my fingertips, but it also felt as though a burden...
Want Empowered Women? Empower Men
by Miriam Merrill The world continues to advocate for female empowerment but fails to acknowledge the irreplaceable role fathers have in contributing to the movement. I consider myself a strong woman. For my 13th birthday I received a thick book called “Women Making...
What Fathers Need to Know
by Diane Robertson We need fathers. The politically correct modern notion that as long as a child seems loved and cared for, then it won’t matter who raises the child is just wrong. Children need fathers. Society needs fathers. Mothers need fathers. For years fathers...
Worth the Wait
by Alannah Hurley “I made a decision to choose abstinence for my life and I stayed true to that commitment. When I was 15 years old, I made a decision that I wanted to save sex for one man only and that was my future husband. Choosing abstinence was one of the best...
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