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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...
The Root of Good Mothering
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush once said, “Whatever the era, whatever the times, one thing will never change: fathers and mothers, if you have children they must come first. Your success as a family, our success as a society depends...
To the Fathers
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once said, “With regard to the freedom of the individual for choice with regard to abortion, there's one individual who's not being considered at all. That's the one who is being aborted. And I've...
Lawlessnes of the UN
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Last week, members of United Families International attended a week-long gathering with few protocols, little structure, and no accountability. It was an event where power-games were played all week, then finally on the last day, secret...
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California Wants Your Kids: Part I
by Diane Robertson Part one of a two-part series examining California's overreach into the lives of children and families and the rights of parents. Californians and parents beware!! In a move to curb the opposition, State Senator Pan, author of the now infamous SB 18...
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...
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