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Feeling the Failure of Feminism: Did women get what they bargained for?
September 2, 2010 Feeling the Failure of Feminism Did women get what they bargained for? With the passage of 19th Amendment, 90 years ago this month, women in the U.S. were given the right to vote. The media has been full of stories of the numerous celebratory events...
Violent Video Games vs. Free Speech: How serious are we about protecting children?
August 25, 2010 Yesterday, members of United Families International joined with other pro-family organizations and Utah state legislators in a press conference to encourage Utah's Attorney General not to oppose the California law prohibiting minors from purchasing...
The Age of the Uncivilized
August 17, 2010 The Age of the Uncivilized The family is the source of our greatest joys and some of our keenest sorrows. It is where our most basic need to love and be loved is nurtured. In the family men and women learn to sacrifice, love, and serve. Children learn...
Perry v. Schwarzenegger: The Beginning of the End of Religious Freedom in America
Perry v. Schwarzenegger: The Beginning of the End of Religious Freedom in America Laura Bunker I love “The Golden State.” I was raised in Santa Rosa, the all-American town where the movie Pollyanna was filmed. Like Pollyanna, most of our neighbors attended church...
Stop Secular Humanism from Becoming the Foundation of Education
The moral, legal, and cultural assault against the institutions UFI defends and the principles that support them are comprehensive. This weeks alert deals with secular humanism and the attempts to supplant parental guidance, religious freedom, and important...
Education Establishment is Not a Friend of the Family
Education Establishment is Not a Friend of the Family Summertime means the annual National Education Association Convention. The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest professional organization and labor union in the U.S. and its influence on education...
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Forgiveness in the Midst of Trauma
by Candice LeSueur All of us on the train huddled together in the middle section away from the windows hoping to not be discovered by whoever was putting us in danger. My friend and I desperately embraced each other in silence as we horrifyingly awaited our fate. I...
Seek and Ye Shall Find
by Erin Weist Trying to write an article this weekend was difficult. I attended a funeral for a sweet 2-year old, mourning with her family and friends trying to grasp some meaning in this tragedy. I woke Sunday to news of a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida,...
Are We Living in a Rape Culture?
by Christie Masters The understandable and warranted outrage against a California judge who recently gave a rapist a lenient six month sentence has brought the terminology “Rape Culture” to the headlines of news articles. There has been a public outcry and a petition...
Paying for Free Stuff with Our Freedom
by Rebecca Mallory “Everyone should be required to take economics and civics!” If I had a dime for every time my dad said that to one of his 9 children, I’d be rich. My dad was an economics and math major in college which unfortunately, didn’t completely transfer to...
Tolerating the Rape Culture
by Diane Robertson Early on the morning on Jan. 18 two men riding bikes on the Stanford University campus spotted a man raping an unconscious woman. The man later identified as Brock Allen Turner, a student and swimmer at Stanford University, ran away when he saw the...
How dangerous can one moment be?
by Cinthia Jahnsen I live in sunny southern CA where pool and beach season can be anytime from March through October, depending on mother natures temperament. As I drive around I always see signs out (huge signs) that say “Prevent Drowning, Alway Watch the Water.” ...
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