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World Family Declaration
Sign the World Family Declaration! The natural family based upon marriage between a man and a woman is “the bedrock of society, the strength of our nations, and the hope of humanity.” We are excited to introduce the recently launched “World Family Declaration.” An...
Lessons from Home
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: From January through April, the lives of our pro-family volunteers and staff are particularly busy! From working with state legislatures on pro-family policy, to a hectic series of UN meetings where we labor to protect the family, to...
What Happens at the UN Hits Home
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Some people may think the United Nations is far away and disconnected from their life and their family. But what happens at the UN does not stay at the UN. It influences families and policies across the world and close to home. That is...
The Perfect Day to Begin
Celebrate, Strengthen, and Defend Marriage! It is not only Valentine’s Day today throughout the world, it is National Marriage Week in the United States. At United Families International, we believe Natural Marriage is something to celebrate, strengthen, and defend!...
Divorce : 100 Reasons Not To…
February 7, 2014 From the Desk of Laura Bunker: \Over the years, the most frequently viewed page on our UFI website is our Family Issues Guide on divorce. It would seem there is hardly a family in our world today that has been untouched by the tragedy of divorce in...
3 Ways to Stand for Marriage
January 27, 2014 From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Both marriage between a man and a woman and Religious Freedom hang in the balance in many states and countries! Right now, some of the battlegrounds include: Utah (Ground Zero in the battle for marriage and religious...
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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...
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