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Large Families are Treasures
July 6, 2011 "Without exaggeration, the central problem of contemporary Russia is demography, strengthening the family, increasing the birth rate..." ~ Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation The recently completed Moscow Demographic Summit brought to...
Religious Freedom on Trial
June 22, 2011 Religious Freedom on Trial Religious freedom issues have been brought to the forefront this year in the suburbs of San Antonio, Texas. There, a self-described agnostic couple filed a suit in federal district court claiming their son, a soon to graduate...
Mainstreaming Gender Confusion
June 15, 2011 Mainstreaming Gender Confusion 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...
Father’s Day: A Time to Recommit
June 8, 2011 Father's Day: A Time to Recommit 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...
Courageous Youth Needed
June 1, 2011 Courageous Youth Needed This July the UN will be bustling with young people as the International Year of Youth (IYY) is formally celebrated in New York City. According to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, this event will be the culmination of...
You might be a religious fundamentalist…
May 25, 2011 You might be a religious fundamentalist... 'Religious freedom under attack' has become a common refrain. Regular news updates remind us of such things as the "candy cane" case currently being heard before the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, the...
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KEEPING THE FAMILY SECRET
by Peggy Sturgill We were very good at keeping the family secret when I was growing up. To the outside world, we looked like a normal, happy family, much like the Cleaver family in “Leave It to Beaver.” No one suspected there was a monster living in our house. This...
We Are Ruled by the Family, Not By the U.N.
by Erin Weist Once again a non-legislative bill introduced by the UN has worked its way into a country, not by the voice of the people but through unelected, unaffiliated bureaucrats with no sense of ownership or investment in the outcome. Panama, however, is showing...
Invest in What You Love
by Mekelle Tenney We’ve all heard the cliché “the family that plays together stays together”. Normally I don’t buy into cliché’s. But I make an exception for this one, because it’s true. I believe that families have specific needs in order to create life long bonds....
“It’s not the Destination, it’s the journey”
by Cinthia Jahnson “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey” Missy Franklin, three-time medalist Olympian. In 1992, at the Barcelona Olympic games Derek Redmond tore his hamstring during the 400m race in the Olympics. He was a promising athlete and many thought he...
Science, Gender, and Gender Dysphoria
by Diane Robertson I was once asked that since there are many kinds of birth defects then wouldn’t it be reasonable that a person could be born with the outward sexual organs of one gender and the brain of another thereby making them a true transgender? I can...
Patchwork Families – Loving by Choice
by Laura Friend Family Life Educators, Claudia and David Arp, describe blended families as “patchwork” families. The analogy is apropos. My husband’s grandmother, Anna Laura Tuttle Friend, lived to be 101 years old. Amidst the challenges of raising a large family...
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