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What Young People Want
What Young People Want Movie screens, computer screens, tablet screens, and cell phone screens—they’re everywhere and do just about everything—except “screen” out harmful content. Today’s young people are saturated in destructive messages about body image, sexual...
Inevitable? Not So Fast…
From the Desk of Laura Bunker On September 29, the U.S. Supreme Court justices will privately convene to start considering cases for their upcoming term, which begins in October. One case we hope they will accept is Utah’s petition defending the state’s ability to...
The Irony of Feminism and Abortion
The Irony of Feminism and Abortion The radical feminists we confronted at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) last March donned paper masks calling our pro-life coalition “religious extremists”--in other words, “terrorists.” They insisted that abortion on...
We are Writing History
We Are Writing History American pioneer author Laura Ingalls Wilder once told a journalist, “At the time, I didn’t know I was writing history.” Whether we know it or not, today we too are writing history--a history that will greatly impact generations to come....
Joyriding into Marriage
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: “We don’t feel the need to rush to the altar. This is the real world and marriage isn’t a necessity.” This was the statement of one mother who is ironically waiting to be “more financially prepared” before she gets married--yet she and...
Family Reunion – What’s that?
Family Reunion - What's that? My family and I recently attended a family reunion on a small academic campus that hosts students from all over the world. During breakfast we shared a table with several teenage students, and struck up a conversation with three young...
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At the Click of a Button
by McKayla Skinner The Nurx app (Pronounced New RX) and others like it, promote birth control at the click of a button, without the personal assistance of a pharmacist or a visit to the doctor’s office. Nurx offers birth control such as: the pill, patch and ring, as...
Parenting: Five Better Ways to Communicate
by McKayla Skinner Parent-child communication is often challenging. Across time and culture almost all parents have had to confront contention in their homes, and most have realized that they needed to change the communication patterns in their family. As a...
Punishing Speech is Not the Answer
by Diane Robertson Free speech has been under attack for many years now. Any speech deemed offensive is being punished and those punishments are being cheered from all sides of the political spectrum. It seems that Americans no longer comprehend freedom of speech. The...
Redefining Reality
by Diane Robertson By redefining consensus as fact, conformity as diversity, and violence as tolerance a new progressive movement has succeeded in stifling speech in America and other Western Nations. When an individual or group attempts to publicly speak truth in...
All About Love?
by Erin Weist Sometimes the question comes up among traditional marriage supporters about how to defend marriage in the face of those who invoke statements such as, “love wins,” or “people can’t help who they love,” or “it’s all about love.” Indeed, that would be...
Wrongful Birth?
by Breaunna Stone Many people proclaim themselves to be “pro life,” or “pro choice.” I claim to be both. I am pro life in the sense that I believe that a new life is created at the time of conception, and that every life created, has the right to live beyond life...