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CULTURAL AND LEGAL CONFUSION SURROUND HOMOSEXUALITY
February 2, 2010 CULTURAL AND LEGAL CONFUSION SURROUND HOMOSEXUALITY Many nations of the world find themselves struggling with the consequences of having instituted same-sex marriage or are mired in the debate over this controversial assault on family and marriage. ...
The Tragedy of “Bare Branches”
January 26, 2010 The Tragedy of "Bare Branches" China's economy may be booming, but there's a shortage looming...not enough females. A new study conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences warns that China will have a bride shortage of 24 million by the...
Feminist Claim Legalizing Prostitution Will Eliminate Sex Trafficking
January 19, 2010 Feminist Claim Legalizing Prostitution Will Eliminate Sex Trafficking US President Barack Obama declared January 2010 National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and asked everyone to recommit themselves to ending the modern practice of...
Is the “Gay Rights” Movement a Civil Rights Movement?
January 12, 2010 Is the "Gay Rights" Movement a Civil Rights Movement? You've heard the arguments. "Homosexuals are an oppressed minority just like racial minorities or women." "The gay rights movement is the new civil rights movement." "Homophobia isequivalent to...
Preparing for Another Successful Year at the UN
January 6, 2010 Preparing for Another Successful Year at the UN As we begin a new year supporting the family as a vital concept and principle of law and society, we are grateful for our own families, for the support we receive from all of you, and for the...
The Top 10 of 2009
December 29, 2009 The Top 10 of 2009 Dear ~Contact.FirstName~, As 2009 comes to a close, we at United Families International have much for which to be grateful. Although those who would see the family dismantled, the culture of death cultivated, parental rights...
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The Yes to Sex App and the Problems of Promiscuity
by Diane Robertson Every now and then I think of my grandparents and great grandparents and what society must have been like for them. Things were different back then. People married younger and the divorce rate was under 15%. Babies born to unwed mothers was under...
Monkey see, Monkey do
Sexual content and violence on TV and the potential effect it has on our kids. by Cinthia Jahnsen We all have been there. The awkward moment where we feel that what we are watching on television, or at the movies is not appropriate for our kids. (OrUS for that...
Good Begets Good
by Erin Weist There is a saying that my husband and I use regularly in our home that we’ve learned from having kids: sleep begets sleep. As naive parents we thought that if our baby or toddler missed a nap it would make him extra tired so he’d sleep really, really...
Working with Unreasonable People?
by Annalise Jarman You have probably heard that every family has at least one crazy person, and if you don’t think your family has one, it’s probably you, right? The saying makes me laugh, but it’s kind of true. At the very least, we will all have to work with someone...
Give me that Old Time Religion
by Mekelle Tenney The other day my mom and I came across an old applique pattern from 1905. The pattern was for dish clothes and there was a girl performing a different chore for each day of the week. One day was washing, one was ironing, another dusting and so on....
The Science of Gender
by Diane Robertson On social media, I have read one too many times that saying humans are born as either male or female is not science, rather it is just an opinion. So am I going to quickly go over the science that is taught in basic biology. This is the...