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What do I say?
Do You Know What to Say? With the U.S. Supreme Court deciding to rule on the Marriage issue, same-sex marriage is sure to be a robust topic of discussion around water coolers, kitchen tables, and Facebook pages. Likewise, so will nondiscrimination laws. State...
Great Expectations or Low Expectations
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: We teach them to wash their hands take their vitamins. But how do we protect them against the “sexual toxins” in the air? Today’s awesome alert by UFI Intern Erika Walker reminds us that parents have a powerful protective influence on...
Maybe. But, maybe not
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Welcome to 2015! United Families International also extends a special welcome to our new UFI Chapter in the Republic of Korea (South Korea). We are very glad to have them join our team, and we look forward to working together to...
Building a Bridge into 2015
Help us Build a Bridge into 2015 With Christmas 2014 behind us, our attention now turns fully to the coming year. Two weeks ago I asked for your financial support as United Families International looks to the challenges and opportunities of 2015. Some of our most...
Christmas = Families
Families are what Christmas is all about! It was the formation of a new family on that Christmas Eve some two thousand years ago that literally changed the world. We at United Families International wish you a Merry Christmas and hope that you are each enveloped in...
Adding Fuel to the Flame
A Message from Bob Spiel, UFI Chairman of the Board: Last year at this time your generosity overwhelmed us. I expressed to you our need for the financial resources to take on the challenges of 2014 – and donations came from around the globe large and small. The...
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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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