by UFI Blog | Feb 22, 2017 | Diane Robertson, Family, Feminism, motherhood
by Diane Robertson Once upon a time society approved of motherhood. Young women were encouraged to bare and rear children. Getting married and starting a family was sought after and expected. That’s not true today. In a high school class, my daughter was told she had...
by UFI Blog | Feb 20, 2017 | Abortion, father, Feminism, motherhood
by Tashica Jacobson The feminist movement was started by women who wanted equal treatment. Their initial efforts focused on improvement for women in regards to education, employment, and the right to vote. The movement then expanded to equality for everyone regardless...
by UFI Blog | Dec 7, 2016 | Diane Robertson, Feminism, Women's Rights
by Diane Robertson Last week there was good news for the families of America. Several senators successfully eliminated a provision that would have forced women age 18 to 26 to be registered for selective service or the draft. The house passed a military bill last...
by UFI Blog | Jun 21, 2016 | Feminism, Marriage
Erin Weist As a woman in today’s world I often feel that there are certain principles I am supposed to embrace. One of those ideas I feel pressured to adopt is to say that fairy tales are ridiculous because the basis for most of the stories is that a woman NEEDS a...
by UFI Blog | Jun 10, 2016 | Abstinence, Choice, Date rape, Drug Use, Education, Family, Feminism, Freedom, Media, Parents, Sanctity of Life, Sexual Freedom, Values, Violence
by Christie Masters The understandable and warranted outrage against a California judge who recently gave a rapist a lenient six month sentence has brought the terminology “Rape Culture” to the headlines of news articles. There has been a public outcry and a petition...
by United Families International | May 25, 2016 | Abortion, Abstinence, Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Cohabitation, Date rape, Demographic Decline, Diane Robertson, Divorce, Education, Family, Feminism, Free Speech, Grandparents, Health Care, Marriage, Parents, Population Control, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Sex Education, Sexual Freedom, Single Mothers, Values
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...