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The Wrong Side of Biology
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Today’s gender issues can leave your head spinning. As you try to navigate media headlines, it may be helpful to know that science has documented that there are hardwired differences between men and women. For example, researchers found...
Don’t Let Go of the Wheel
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Thank you for your positive feedback on our May 21 alert, “Five Wrongs Don’t Make a Right.” We received many responses and many more signatures to the UFI Marriage Petition. If you have not signed yet, please sign the UFI Marriage...
Raising the Standard for Fathers
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: People everywhere seem to know deep down that Fathers really matter. This became clear to us during a UFI parallel event at the recent UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) where Dr. Timothy Rarick, Professor in the Department of...
Preschool V. Mom
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: It’s the end of the school year, with class parties, awards programs--and signups for next year’s kindergarten and preschool. But before you rush to sign your young children up for preschool, we invite you to read today’s alert by Dawn...
5 Wrongs Don’t Make a Right
Five Wrongs Don't Make a Right If you’re having a hard time keeping up with the rash of marriage rulings in the U.S., you’re not alone. Just within the last two weeks, there have been five troubling rulings: 1. Tues. May 13 A federal judge declared Idaho’s...
Victories for Religious Freedom!
Two Victories for Religious Freedom With troubling news happening across the globe, it is encouraging to recognize two pivotal U.S. court decisions that became great victories for Religious Freedom. Before we go any further, we want to remind you what Freedom of...
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Huge Win for Christian Business Owner
by Diane Robertson Hurray!!! Free speech and religious freedom, for a business owner, won last week in a court in Kentucky! Those rulings are becoming fewer and farther between. Though the ruling will likely be appealed, one can always celebrate a win for freedom!!!!...
Fighting a Scourge
by Alannah Hurley Pornography is now easier than ever to access. It is available at the click of a button for adults, teens, and children. However, some states, parties and governments are beginning to see the dangers of pornography and are taking steps to increase...
The “Busyness” Problem
by Christie Masters If you are too busy, you may, like me, look longingly at your garden as you drive away, again, wishing for more time at home. The weeds in that badly neglected garden seem to mock our desire for rest and peace as they grow defiantly taller, a...
Too Costly?
by Alannah Hurley Because of technological advances, expecting mothers are now able to tell before birth if their child will have Down syndrome. “The abortion rate in the United States for babies with Down syndrome, sometimes known as trisomy 21, is about 50 percent...
The Highest of Arts
by Carol Soelberg In 1983 when my mother, Janet Andersen Ray, was Arizona’s Mother of the year, my seven sisters accompanied her to the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, New York for the American Mother’s National Convention. I stayed home having just given birth to...
Enough and More
by Diane Robertson I read this great article last week. I hope it goes viral. It describes feelings I have often felt. “What if I never really amount to anything when I grow up—beyond mom and sister and wife? But these people in my primary circle of impact know they...
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