by UFI Blog | Jun 28, 2016 | Drug Use, Education, Family, Health Care, Parents, Research
By Cinthia Jahnsen Is sugar really as harmful as some make it sound? The answer is “yes.” Agave nectar, brown rice syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, evaporated cane juice, glucose, lactose, malt syrup, molasses, sucrose. Do any of these sound...
by UFI Blog | Jun 22, 2016 | Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Values
Diane Robertson It’s hard to figure out liberal logic. Liberals will say that disagreeing with someone can tragically cause them to want to commit suicide, and therefore speech must be regulated. On the other hand, if the person who wants to commit suicide asks a...
by UFI Blog | Jun 20, 2016 | Abortion
Cinthia Jahnsen “We gain control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” – The Giver, Lois Lowry. Released: to be set free; let go; allowed to leave; set at liberty. These are just a few definitions for...
by UFI Blog | Jun 14, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Family, Freedom, Parents, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Values, Violence
by Candice LeSueur All of us on the train huddled together in the middle section away from the windows hoping to not be discovered by whoever was putting us in danger. My friend and I desperately embraced each other in silence as we horrifyingly awaited our fate. I...
by UFI Blog | Jun 13, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Family, father, Freedom, Grandparents, Parents, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Values
by Erin Weist Trying to write an article this weekend was difficult. I attended a funeral for a sweet 2-year old, mourning with her family and friends trying to grasp some meaning in this tragedy. I woke Sunday to news of a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida,...
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...
