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Schools Days: What are your children being taught?
September 8, 2011 School Days: What are your children being taught? You carefully monitor the television shows your children watch. Your internet has the best filters and is in a public place in your home. You restrict the movies your children view and you are...
Standing Up to Goliath
August 31, 2011 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Gratefully, many of you have responded to the invitation we extended last week to express thanks to Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron for his valiant stand on strengthening the family as a means to alleviate...
“Thank You” to a Courageous Leader
August 26, 2011 "Stronger families. Stronger Communities. A Stronger Society" A Courageous Leader Speaks Out! Finally, a political leader has been willing to state the obvious. May the committed parents of this generation rise up against the darkness of our...
The UN Lets Down the Youth of the World
August 10, 2011 The UN lets down the youth of the world "The youth of the world were invited, but not allowed to speak" best characterizes what occurred at the UN High Level Meeting on Youth on July 25-26. United Families International and other pro-family groups...
Unmasking Goliath
August 3, 2011 We are often asked what motivates the anti-family movement so prevalent at the UN. Why do they do what they do? UN expert, Tom Christensen, sheds some light on this important question. As always, you will benefit from Tom's perspective and we invite...
Getting Away with Murder
July 19, 2011 Dear Friend of the Family, We want to thank our United Families Utah Chapter and Laura Bunker for today's enlightening review of the recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn California's law banning the sale of violent video games to minors....
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Confusion: Coming to a School Near You
by Diane Robertson The Charlotte, North Carolina school district has established new guidelines concerning transgender students that will mostly go into effect when school starts Aug. 29th. The guidelines said to prevent bullying are definitely confusing. How is this...
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...
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