by United Families International | May 4, 2011 | Child Development, Cohabitation, Parents, Same-Sex Marriage, UFI Blog
Ann Bailey “When it comes to raising children, four hands are better than two – and it doesn’t matter who’s at the end of the hands,” insisted the UN “expert.” It was at a meeting I attended in back in February and I still bristle when I think about it. How dare...
by United Families International | Apr 14, 2011 | Civil Unions, Cohabitation, Domestic Partners, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, UFI Blog
By Carol Soelberg In cities and counties across the country we are hearing of efforts being made to implement domestic partnership registries as a means to “satisfy the needs” of homosexual couples who can not be legally married. While these communities are committed...
by United Families International | Dec 30, 2010 | Abstinence, Cohabitation, Marriage, UFI Blog
Waiting until marriage to have sex had the strongest correlations with positive outcomes for the marital relationship concludes a new study published in the December issue of the Journal of Family Psychology. According to the study, married couples who delayed having...
by United Families International | Dec 8, 2010 | Cohabitation, Divorce, father, Marriage, UFI Blog
Last week we published the results of our UFI Family Poll (on UFI’s home page). The question was asked “What is the strongest predictor of juvenile violence and crime?” Ninety-six percent of our readers said “fatherlessness.” Several people contacted UFI and asked...
by United Families International | Nov 19, 2010 | Cohabitation, Family, Marriage, Media, UFI Blog
By now you’ve probably read a version of the Associated Press headline story “Four in 10 say marriage is becoming obsolete.” These articles highlighted the Pew Research Center’s data showing that in 1978, 28 percent of individuals believed marriage was obsolete, today...