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Embracing the Binary: Rejecting the Genderless Society
From the Desk of Tori Black: Dear Friends, When my youngest grandson was born, my daughter and son-in-law planned a gender-reveal party. Her sister, an excellent quilter, was told the soon-to-be-born baby’s sex. She made a beautiful baby blanket that was boyish...
Some Supreme News, Court Ruling
Some Supreme News! Wins all around! June has been a very good month for rights of conscience, religious liberty, free speech, and protection of life. The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this last month and we at UFI have been very pleased, and not a little...
No “Pause” Button on the Assault on the Family and Religious Freedom
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello friends, I hope you are enjoying this first week of summer! I love the longer days, the warmer weather and the chance to spend some extended time with my kids and grandkids. I hope your summer is likewise filled with the things and...
Jack and Religious Freedom Win!
From the Desk of Tori Black: Dear Friends, This week’s Supreme Court ruling in the case of the Masterpiece Cakeshop is welcome news. The heart of the dispute was about a religious business owner’s right to refuse service, not to an individual or minority group, but...
Scouting Without a Compass
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, For many years my husband and I were volunteers with Boy Scouts of America. We served in packs, troops, crews and districts in a variety of positions. We helped youth develop virtues embodied in the Scout oath, law and motto...
Best Job Ever: A Millennial Mother’s Response to the New York Times
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, When I was young, Erma Bombeck was the definitive voice on motherhood. With wit and wisdom she managed to balance the absurd and sublime that distinguishes the life of a mother. She was one of the greatest humorists of her...
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Gosnell Movie Review
By Holly Jo Martin The makers of the movie Gosnell deliver a horrifying suspense movie that just happens to be true. At first it seems like it is a movie about a pill mill being run in an abortion clinic in Philadelphia. The movie is fast paced and exciting before it...
Abortion and Assisted Suicide: The New “Universal Human Right”
“Your baby has no chance of life.” Those heartbreaking words were delivered to Siobhan Whelan following an ultrasound on January 4, 2010 whereupon she learned that her unborn baby boy was affected by holoprosencephaly, a congenital brain malformation that generally...
What A Firefighter’s Victory Means for Religious Liberty & Free Speech
By Elizabeth Warner Kelvin Cochran rose from poverty to become one of the first African-American firefighters in his hometown before becoming the fire chief from the entire city of Atlanta. His story is a remarkable one, but in recent years he’s become better known...
The Future of America
By Marci Nelson In the United States, it is the days after the 2018 midterm elections. Exhale. We made it. Unfortunately not everyone is breathing a sigh of relief. Today, for example, my supervisor walked out of his office exclaiming “Our country’s going to pot!” A...
The Real Bullies in America’s Schools: State and National Teachers’ Unions
This is the second in a series of exerpts from Standing Up to Goliath by Rebecca Friedrichs I used to tell people that teaching is the most fulfilling profession in the world, and it was. But thanks to union domination of our schools and their influence on local,...
Gender Identity Wars: How Redefining Gender Hurts Women
By Tori Levulis Black One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I arrived late to my P.E. class due to an early morning orthodontist appointment. The woman that oversaw several of the girls’ team sports was short – as in tiny. She took my “excused slip”, and...