By Rachel Allison It has been over five years since my father passed away. Over the past couple of days I have been thinking of him a lot. My Dad was a man of few words, but life’s lessons had given him a wisdom that enriched...
Diminutive, yet outspoken and articulate, Wendy Wright has spent many a day standing on a street in front of abortion clinics trying to convince the women who enter to not abort their unborn babies. Wendy, now days, appears on national news broadcasts trying to convince...
Here is this week’s question: “Of the social issues impacting families, which is of greatest concern to you?” Here is how UFI readers responded: 34 percent Religious Freedom 14 percent Parental Rights 10 percent Stopping abortion 31 percent The “gay agenda” 0 percent High rate of divorce 0 percent Cohabitation 11 percent Out-of-wedlock...
It's June and in my corner of the world, that means warmer weather, summer vacations, kids out of school and Father's Day! In just over a week we will be celebrating the influence of dads in our lives. United Families International has researched the critical...
Everybody I know finds it very easy to mark "Male" or "Female" in the appropriate box. So, a few years ago when I was at the United Nations and I was told that there are actually seven genders, I was dumbfounded if not irritated. At...
By Rachel Allison Parents never retire. Even though our children are adults they are never far from our thoughts, and even now we look for positive ways to influence them. My husband and I read the following article together and realized that we could improve our...
By Grace Sailor I am a member of the “sandwich generation.” The dictionary definition is: “a generation of people who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children.” I had heard this term in my social work classes, but felt that I would for...
“Social father” is a relatively new term circulating in the social science circles. Here’s the definition of a “social father:” When a man takes de facto responsibility for a child, an unrelated male, (a step-father, a live-in boyfriend, an involved neighbor). One of the goals...
Here’s this week’s question: “If a measure to repeal California’s amendment banning same-sex marriage were to be successfully placed on the ballet in 2012, do you think it would pass? (thereby repealing Prop 8)” Here is how UFI readers responded: 17 Percent Yes 75 Percent No 8 Percent Not...
Catching an Old Navy sale this weekend? You might want to think twice. The American Family Association is reporting that Old Navy is celebrating June as the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month” by selling gay pride T-shirts. Old Navy will then donate 10...
By Ann Bailey Today I overheard the saddest conversation. A young mother stood outside a local retail outlet with what looked to be a recently-born baby strapped tightly to her in a chest carrier. Her young toddler stood closely by intently working on pushing their large...
For the last 40+ years we’ve been told that the world is overpopulated and we have a crisis on our hands. But now, with fertility rates falling through the floor in virtually every corner of the world, the population control fanatics have to alter their...
By Allison Malnar Realization: About a year ago, as I was making my bed I had the overwhelming feeling that I was wasting time. I felt my heart constrict as I thought about my children playing in the other room and I was not in there playing...
“Churches can’t be involved in anything political!” is a continual refrain from those who oppose religious and traditional values. Below is an example of what we’re talking about. This was taken from a comment section on a gay blog where the theme of a thread...
Jack Kevorkian, the man who is best known as the foremost proponent of assisted suicide in the U.S., died today in a Michigan hospital. He was 83 and apparently died of pulmonary thrombosis – no assisted suicide was involved. Kevorkian is infamous to those in...
Here’s the question we asked our UFI readers: “Has the recession strengthened or strained your marriage?” Here’s how our readers responded: 40 Percent Strained my marriage 33 Percent Strengthened my marriage 27 Percent No impact There has been a rash of studies and articles these past few months with “experts”...
It's June and it’s also “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride” month in the U.S. Pres. Obama made it official with this proclamation. We thought the proclamation’s opening sentence was particularly ironic: "The story of America's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community is the story...
By Rachel Allison Several years ago my husband traveled through France where he met a family who had just recently moved ten miles out of town. This meant that the family’s two teenage daughters had to be driven to town each morning for school, and then...
If as an organization UFI is going to promote marriage, it makes sense to pay attention to dating. And you can’t talk about dating now without the discussion including on-line or internet dating. So here’s an interesting infographic from online schools that will both encourage...
Here’s the question we asked our UFI readers: “If your spouse committed adultery, would you be willing to consider keeping the marriage intact?” Here is the response: 73 Percent Yes, if my spouse was truly willing to change 16 Percent No, that’s it for me 11 Percent I’d stay married...
By Carol Soelberg Over the last few years our UFI teams have noticed that anti-religious bias has become very overt and quite accepted at the UN. But recently we've begun monitoring a particularly interesting and insidious brand of anti-religious fervor. The new strategy seems to be...
By Grace Sailor When I watch this Sesame Street clip between Grover and a child, it reminds me of how simple the topic of marriage used to be. From the comments posted, it is clear that even a simple conversation about a child's thought on marriage...
By Rachel Allison Today it’s rare to find someone that has not been personally affected by divorce. Media is full of information on the “how to” of divorce – how to get one and how to survive one. Recently, one article in particular caught my attention. The...
Pro-family organizations have been warning parents about it for years – schools are being used as centers for indoctrinating children to accept homosexual behavior as acceptable, mainstream, and normal. It appears that the homosexual activists have finally owned up to their own agenda and created...
There been a lot in the news recently about a topic that usually isn’t discussed in polite company. “Intactivists” in the City of San Francisco have collected enough signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot to ban circumcision. The measure, if passed, would prohibit...
