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Hand Over Your Freedom
April 3, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: A number of years ago, I flew to Kosovo with a small group of pro-family leaders who wanted to influence the constitution of that new land with laws that would protect their long standing tradition of family...
A Pro-Life Manifesto
March 28, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Melissa Anderson, our Life Issues expert, is presently unavoidably away from her family. In moments such as these reflections bring to the surface our innermost thoughts and feelings clarifying our positions on...
UN Conference on Women: A Mixed Bag
March 15, 2012 UN Conference on Women: A Mixed Bag What do phrases like "gender transformers," "comprehensive sex education," or endless references to "contraceptive commodities" have to do with a priority theme of: "The empowerment of rural women and their role in...
Unheralded Heroes
March 6, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Our weekly alerts are provided to educate about issues relating to the family, inform of current threats, and inspire with proven principles. Tom Christensen is our expert in defining unchanging principles that...
UN General Assembly We Can’t Ignore the UN!
February 29, 2012 UN General Assembly We Can't Ignore the UN! It was at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that we first met Layla Alkhafaii. After Layla finished college in Iraq she was targeted by the Ba'ath party and told she had to...
Laws Put Religious Freedom in Jeopardy
February 23, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Around the world, traditional marriage is on the chopping block. Those advocating for same-sex "marriage" are trying to take the "fight" out of the discussion by adding to laws some meaningless phrases they hope...
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Home for the Holidays: 5 Tips for Making the Holidays more About Family This Year
by Elise Ellsworth A favorite childhood memory of mine was my Great-grandma Leuthold’s annual Christmas gathering in Sherwood, Oregon. Nostalgic smells and a crackling fire greeted us warmly as we entered the gathering place. Aunts milled in the kitchen catching up...
Supreme Court to Hear Transgender Bathroom Case
by Diane Robertson The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear the transgender school bathroom case coming from the 4th Circuit Court-- G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board. The ACLU sued the Gloucester County School board in behalf of a student for...
Family Power
by Ashley Corbaley “The issues of power, control, and hierarchy are important in families. Issues regarding power are at the root of many family problems”- Richard Miller Issues regarding power are important in families and are often the source of many family...
The Same-Sex Marriage Debate is Far From Over
by Erin Weist Same-sex marriage has been in global news this week and it appears that many throughout the world are still unsettled regarding the growing acceptance of this new trend. Grenada is currently seeking to revise its constitution, introducing several bills...
Sex Education: What Is Being Taught to Our Children?
by Jackie Bowles Recently our school district invited parents to a Human Growth and Development (Sex Education) overview night. The presentation briefly stated the subjects that would be covered in the Human Growth and Development classes for grades 3-8. The summary...
Living the Debt Free Life
by Mekelle Tenney Last year the “American Household Credit Card Debt Study” showed that the average American household credit card debt is $15,762. They also found that the average household auto loans average out to $27,141. Currently only 20% of Americans are debt...
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