by UFI Blog | Feb 27, 2017 | Constitution, Gender Identity
by Elise Ellsworth President Trump recently revoked Obama era federal guidelines instructing schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and other facilities which aligned with their gender identity. Many saw this revocation as an intentional snubbing of those...
by UFI Blog | Aug 24, 2016 | Child Development, Choice, Constitution, Diane Robertson, Education, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Gender, Gender Identity, Media, Non-Discrimination, Parents, Religious Freedom, Religious rights, Research, Same-Sex Attraction, Schools, Sexual Orientation, Transgender, Values
by Diane Robertson The fight to maintain the natural family, parental rights, decency, and a respect for life in a society inundated with media that preaches the opposite is a hard fight. It’s hard to convince people that the opinions they once held about family,...
by UFI Blog | Aug 8, 2016 | Abortion, Child Development, Choice, Constitution, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Health Care, Sanctity of Life, UN, Values, Women's Rights
by Erin Weist Abortion and the rights of the unborn children have been under debate in Ireland recently. The 8th amendment of their constitution ratified in 1983 provides legal protection for a child in the womb. Thousands attended a rally recently to celebrate the...
by UFI Blog | Jul 27, 2016 | Constitution, Diane Robertson, Family, Free Speech, Freedom, Gender, Gender Identity, Non-Discrimination, Religion, Religious Freedom, Religious rights, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court, Transgender, Values
by Diane Robertson We all know the phrase “separation of church and state”. It was taught us in school and atheists use it all of the time to reprimand people for holding prayer at public events. Of course the intended meaning wasn’t the absence of religion in the...
by UFI Blog | Jul 21, 2016 | Constitution, Free Speech, Freedom, Media, Non-Discrimination, Violence
Photo: vhines200/Creative Commons By Candice LeSueur I excitedly was able to check another thing off my bucket list this last weekend as I flew out to see my friend in San Francisco, a city I have been dying to visit. As she and I were strolling down Valencia Street...
by UFI Blog | Jul 15, 2016 | Constitution, Freedom, Religion, Religious Freedom, Religious rights
By Mekelle Solomon Late last week the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, approved an anti-terrorist law. The law was a complete package of restrictions designed to “protect” against radical terrorist attacks. An anti-terrorist law sounds like a great idea right?...
