by UFI Blog | Aug 2, 2016 | Abortion, adoption, Birth Rate, Child Development, Choice, Education, Family, Parental Rights, Parents, Sanctity of Life, Values
by Jennifer Johnson On a field trip bus ride I overheard some friends debate the controversial topic of abortion. One friend’s personal comment made the topic real for me. This friend is gifted, smart, one of the most capable people I have ever met. Yet before his...
by UFI Blog | Jul 28, 2016 | Child Development, Education, Family, Freedom, Health Care, Non-Discrimination, Sanctity of Life, Schools, Values, Violence
By Candice LeSueur A few months ago, I was informed a family had moved from Haiti into our area and needed help learning English. They were not living in the most ideal of circumstances and, therefore, fled their native country and arrived here via asylum. It wasn’t...
by UFI Blog | Jul 12, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Drug Use, Family, Health Care, Sanctity of Life
By Cinthia Jahnsen Every night around 9pm, my husband and I rush around the house to shut all the windows. It reminds me of Mary Poppins when the cannon goes off at the neighbor’s house and everyone goes to their “posts” to prepare for the incoming blast. (If you...
by UFI Blog | Jul 11, 2016 | Choice, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Religion, Sanctity of Life, Values, Violence
by Erin Weist Yesterday at church my congregation sang the well-loved American patriotic hymn, “America the Beautiful.” (For those not familiar with the song the words are posted below.) A few of the lines stood out to me as incongruous with current events, both in...
by UFI Blog | Jun 29, 2016 | Abortion, Choice, Constitution, Diane Robertson, Drug Use, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Health Care, Planned Parenthood, Population Control, Religious Freedom, Sanctity of Life, Supreme Court, Values, Women's Rights
by Diane Robertson This week has been a blow to Constitutional rights as the Supreme Court has handed out rulings on several cases. The first, second, and tenth amendment have all been ignored, as justices tossed aside the documents they pledged to uphold in favor of...
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...
