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A Change for UFI; Times and Seasons…
United Families International wishes to express gratitude to Mike Duff for his wonderful leadership as President of United Families International the past two years. He has enabled UFI to continue its worldwide influence for good in the pro-family movement. Mike has...
A “New” Role for Men
A "New" Role for Men: UN Releases Publication on the Role of Fathers In a somewhat surprising deviation from its usual habit of focusing almost exclusively on "women and the girl child," the UN recently released its publication Men in Families and Family Policy in a...
You asked for it: How to stop harmful sex education
You Asked For It: How to stop harmful sex education Dear Friend of the Family: United Families International received a large response and many questions regarding our last email communication telling you about the new sex education curriculum entitled "It's All...
Training your child to be a gender and sexual rights activist
Training Your Child to be a Gender and Sexual Rights Activist A gathering at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women was the perfect venue to introduce International Planned Parenthood's new Comprehensive Sex Education Curriculum. The room was filled with...
Mothers at the UN
Mothers at the UN Dear Friend of the Family: The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) begins today in New York and United Families International has four representatives attending: Jean Bentley, Anne Stewart, Margy Barker and Marcia Barlow. To give you a flavor of...
Your Values are being threatened
Your Values Are Being Threatened UFI's core principles or "Five Respects:" * Respect for Family and Marriage * Respect for Life * Respect for Parental Rights * Respect for Religion * Respect for Sovereignty Dear Friend of the Family: Over the past...
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Loved by two
By Lizzy Sabin When we’re young we’re encouraged to find our niche in life. Our personal form of self-expression to help us process hard moments and emotions, which everyone faces. When my teenage mind could no longer handle the things I was experiencing I chose to...
Bringing Refuge to Refugees
By Candice LeSueur A few months ago, I was informed a family had moved from Haiti into our area and needed help learning English. They were not living in the most ideal of circumstances and, therefore, fled their native country and arrived here via asylum. It wasn’t...
Iowa Challenges Separation of Church and State
by Diane Robertson We all know the phrase “separation of church and state”. It was taught us in school and atheists use it all of the time to reprimand people for holding prayer at public events. Of course the intended meaning wasn’t the absence of religion in the...
Home school. Is it for you?
By Cinthia Jahnsen Have you ever thought of homeschooling as an option for your child’s education? My kids go to public school right now and I have loved their teachers. However, I do not love how much teachers seem to be losing their authority on how and what they...
Independence Day for Pioneers
by Erin Weist The month of July is an important one for the United States in remembering freedom from tyranny: Independence Day remembers our separation from the monarchy of Great Britain. But people in my state also celebrate a similar date in July. Utah celebrates...
Goodbye Old House
By Shanci Christensen The door slammed shut as if it were shouting, “Goodbye old house!” I locked the door behind him and then stood in the kitchen with my hands shaking and my heart pounding. “Did I do the right thing?” I heard a noise behind me and turned to see...
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