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A Change for UFI; Times and Seasons…
United Families International wishes to express gratitude to Mike Duff for his wonderful leadership as President of United Families International the past two years. He has enabled UFI to continue its worldwide influence for good in the pro-family movement. Mike has...
A “New” Role for Men
A "New" Role for Men: UN Releases Publication on the Role of Fathers In a somewhat surprising deviation from its usual habit of focusing almost exclusively on "women and the girl child," the UN recently released its publication Men in Families and Family Policy in a...
You asked for it: How to stop harmful sex education
You Asked For It: How to stop harmful sex education Dear Friend of the Family: United Families International received a large response and many questions regarding our last email communication telling you about the new sex education curriculum entitled "It's All...
Training your child to be a gender and sexual rights activist
Training Your Child to be a Gender and Sexual Rights Activist A gathering at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women was the perfect venue to introduce International Planned Parenthood's new Comprehensive Sex Education Curriculum. The room was filled with...
Mothers at the UN
Mothers at the UN Dear Friend of the Family: The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) begins today in New York and United Families International has four representatives attending: Jean Bentley, Anne Stewart, Margy Barker and Marcia Barlow. To give you a flavor of...
Your Values are being threatened
Your Values Are Being Threatened UFI's core principles or "Five Respects:" * Respect for Family and Marriage * Respect for Life * Respect for Parental Rights * Respect for Religion * Respect for Sovereignty Dear Friend of the Family: Over the past...
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KEEPING THE FAMILY SECRET
by Peggy Sturgill We were very good at keeping the family secret when I was growing up. To the outside world, we looked like a normal, happy family, much like the Cleaver family in “Leave It to Beaver.” No one suspected there was a monster living in our house. This...
We Are Ruled by the Family, Not By the U.N.
by Erin Weist Once again a non-legislative bill introduced by the UN has worked its way into a country, not by the voice of the people but through unelected, unaffiliated bureaucrats with no sense of ownership or investment in the outcome. Panama, however, is showing...
Invest in What You Love
by Mekelle Tenney We’ve all heard the cliché “the family that plays together stays together”. Normally I don’t buy into cliché’s. But I make an exception for this one, because it’s true. I believe that families have specific needs in order to create life long bonds....
“It’s not the Destination, it’s the journey”
by Cinthia Jahnson “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey” Missy Franklin, three-time medalist Olympian. In 1992, at the Barcelona Olympic games Derek Redmond tore his hamstring during the 400m race in the Olympics. He was a promising athlete and many thought he...
Science, Gender, and Gender Dysphoria
by Diane Robertson I was once asked that since there are many kinds of birth defects then wouldn’t it be reasonable that a person could be born with the outward sexual organs of one gender and the brain of another thereby making them a true transgender? I can...
Patchwork Families – Loving by Choice
by Laura Friend Family Life Educators, Claudia and David Arp, describe blended families as “patchwork” families. The analogy is apropos. My husband’s grandmother, Anna Laura Tuttle Friend, lived to be 101 years old. Amidst the challenges of raising a large family...