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“Sexual Orientation” 101
May 3, 2013 Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity 101 The controversial term “sexual orientation” has been receiving much attention recently as the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) released their proposed resolution that will receive an up or down vote at a gathering of...
Big Wins for the Unborn
April 17, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg United Families International is proud to co-sponsor World Congress of Families VII in Sydney, Australia May 15-18. This global gathering of individuals and organizations is a powerful force for good in the pro-family...
Do Kids belong to their Parents?
April 10, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg Four years ago I left a commission at the United Nations with the stark realization that Parent Rights would be the next BIG battle ground. We started immediately honing in on the social science that supported the myriad...
“Common” Children – Common Core
April 3, 2013 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg Don't you hate to sink your teeth into a wonderfully juicy looking apple only find the core distastefully rotten? In a very big and disappointing way that appears to be the case for most of us in the Common Core State...
Marriage Hangs in the Balance
March 26, 2013 Marriage hangs in the balance It is a pivotal time for marriage. On Tuesday, March 26, the Supreme Court listened to Oral Arguments on the future of Proposition 8 - California's Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as being between one man and...
Countries Manipulated by Media
March 20, 2013 Countries Manipulated by the Media Late on Friday, the UN negotiating room erupted in cheers as anti-family activists welcomed the adoption of the "Agreed Conclusions" for the Commission on Status of Women (CSW) 57th session. Two weeks of intense...
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Supreme Court Drops Transgender Bathroom Case
by Diane Robertson This week the Supreme Court sent their transgender school bathroom case back down to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court stated: “The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth...
A Healing Choice
by Cathi Bond No one is perfect. We all make mistakes…therefore, we all need forgiveness. It’s our nature to help others, but sometimes we intentionally or carelessly disappoint and hurt too. Forgiveness is a process, not an event, which can be challenging when our...
UFI at the UN: Fighting for the Family
by Breaunna Stone Based out of New York City, and Geneva, Switzerland, the United Nations is a headquarters where countries come together to discuss and make decisions on international policy that ranges from the sanctity of life, to water quality, to economic policy....
What They Really Want
by Diane Robertson The organizers for the Women’s March, held in January, have organized another event for March 8th—“A Day Without a Woman”. The organizers are suggesting that women around the world “take the day off, from paid and unpaid labor, avoid shopping for...
A Snub or a Reset?
by Elise Ellsworth President Trump recently revoked Obama era federal guidelines instructing schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and other facilities which aligned with their gender identity. Many saw this revocation as an intentional snubbing of those...
Here’s One for the Boys
by Candice LeSueur I remember very distinctly when I realized how great it was to be a girl. I was 16 and was learning, as women, we have attributes that make us unique from men: among a wide array of countless traits, we have a great capacity to empathize with...