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Breast Cancer’s Most Preventable Risk Factor
Breast Cancer’s Most Preventable Risk Factor In the United States, October is the month for pumpkins and trick-or-treaters. It also National Breast-Cancer Awareness Month, a nationwide campaign “dedicated to educating and empowering women to take charge of their own...
Schooled on Education
From the Desk of Laura Bunker On my first day of Jr. High, the principal’s deep voice boomed over the loudspeaker, “Vos Involvitor.” My eyes grew big. Nobody told me I had to learn Latin here! The deep voice continued, “That is our school motto, it means ‘Get...
Emotion vs. Truth
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Recently I was sitting in a state Legislative Committee Hearing, listening to the debate over whether or not to grant same-sex couples certain legal benefits, when a news reporter hurried into the room and sat in the empty seat beside...
The Genesis of Judicial Activism
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Three months ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in U.S. v. Windsor that same-sex marriages are entitled to receive federal benefits if they live in a state where same-sex marriage is recognized. This sweeping ruling opened up storm clouds...
Stealth Threat to Families
The Stealth Threat to Families Some threats to the family are overt, and are trumpeted in daily news headlines. Others are more subtle and insidious, as in this true story: After two years of marriage, Lynn realized that her husband was addicted to pornography. He...
Some Good News for Families!
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: Even though threats to religious liberty surface almost daily, the media and popular culture continue their incessant efforts to promote same-sex behavior and marriage, and abortion is still the law of the land, there is much reason for...
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Collision Courts
by Diane Robertson For years, the LGBT community has been seeking to make sexual orientation and transgenderism part of non-discrimination laws that were written during the civil rights movement. They have been successful in several states and cities across the...
We’re All Human
United Families International was privileged to have university students accompany us to the Commission on the Status of Women. Elizabeth Warner shares what she learned while at the United Nations. While at the Commission on the Status of Women, I met so many amazing...
A Judicial Paradox
by McKayla Skinner In courts in the United States use the image of Lady Justice or the balance she carries, symbolizing fairness under the law. This icon is not only used in the United States but also in thirteen other countries. However, this iconic message of “fair...
You Are Enough. You Are Not Alone
United Families International was privileged to have university students accompany us to the Commission on the Status of Women. Emma Zuniga shares what she learned while at the United Nations. I remember the first time I went to the United Nations. It was a little...
California Stifling Pro-life Speech
by Diane Robertson About the same time the State of California charged David Daleiden, the man responsible for releasing undercover videos of Planned Parenthood selling baby parts, with 15 felonies, the United States Congress dismissed an Obama administration rule...
Make It Count
by Candice LeSueur Attending the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 61) at the UN this past week was an unforgettable experience for me, as well as one I definitely had not expected. Back in high school, I was lucky enough to travel to New York...