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United Families Is Working For You!
July 12, 2010 United Families Is Working For You! In a previous "President's Spotlight"I outlined a new vision for the future of United Families International. Today, I wanted to explain how that vision has succeeded in impacting you and your family. But first, I must...
Teen Pregnancy Impacts Society
July 7, 2010 Teen Pregnancy Impacts Society The percentage of children born out of wedlock grows annually. This global phenomenon is especially prevalent in economically developed countries. Fueled by the popular cultural ethic that mocks the importance of marriage...
Love of Country has to be Taught
June 29, 2010 Love of Country has to be Taught A UFI reader recently shared her thoughts with us and we wanted to pass them on in commemoration of the upcoming United States 4th of July Independence Day Celebration and to highlight a worldwide threat to national...
“My Daddy’s Name is Donor”
June 22, 2010 "My Daddy's Name is Donor" The scene was a playground at a small charter school in a suburb of Phoenix. When asked by a classmate about his parents, the young kindergartner looked perplexed. "I have two moms, a mommy and a momma." "But what about your...
Fathers: Crucial To Society
June 15, 2010 Fathers: Crucial to Society "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." - 17th Century English Proverb Teenage delinquents were killing their neighbors. A few years ago, the TV news program "60 Minutes" first reported on this story. But they...
“Tolerance” of the Homosexual Lifestyle has become “Forced Acceptance.”
June 9, 2010 "Tolerance" of the Homosexual Lifestyle has become "Forced Acceptance." It's International Gay Pride month around the world. From Rio to Rome, Madrid to Moscow the streets of major cities will be flying rainbow flags as men, dressed in drag, parade down...
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Greater Love Hath No Man Than This
by Erin Weist “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). In the United States we celebrate Memorial Day today, the last Monday in May, as a time to remember those from our armed forces who have died. Whatever...
Right to Live
By Ally Fife Recently, a woman in her twenties who had suffered sexual abuse as a child, was given a lethal injection at her own request to die. Her psychiatrists and doctors all felt it was in her best interest that she be allowed to choose this eternal sleep,...
Capitalism 1, Forced Minimum Wage Earners 0.
by Rebecca Mallory Well that was quick! I never planned such a quick follow up to my post on this subject just a few weeks ago. But no sooner did the government kowtow to the demands of minimum wage lobbyists than the free market took over, as it always does, and...
The Yes to Sex App and the Problems of Promiscuity
by Diane Robertson Every now and then I think of my grandparents and great grandparents and what society must have been like for them. Things were different back then. People married younger and the divorce rate was under 15%. Babies born to unwed mothers was under...
Monkey see, Monkey do
Sexual content and violence on TV and the potential effect it has on our kids. by Cinthia Jahnsen We all have been there. The awkward moment where we feel that what we are watching on television, or at the movies is not appropriate for our kids. (OrUS for that...
Good Begets Good
by Erin Weist There is a saying that my husband and I use regularly in our home that we’ve learned from having kids: sleep begets sleep. As naive parents we thought that if our baby or toddler missed a nap it would make him extra tired so he’d sleep really, really...
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