by UFI Blog | Jun 29, 2018 | Family, Free Speech, Values
By Miriam Merrill In the self-centered world in which we live it is easy to forget that when we raise our voice with others amazing things can happen. We will often see posts on social media offering similar political opinions and we automatically assume that this...
by UFI Blog | Oct 13, 2017 | Free Speech, Religion, Values
By Breaunna Stone Tori Black recently published an article on the United Families International blog that discussed how some individuals and groups silence their ideological opponent with a label. One of the most popular labels used today is “hateful.” In my few short...
by UFI Blog | Oct 9, 2017 | Constitution, Free Speech
By Miriam Merrill Freedom of speech may be guaranteed through the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, but that does not mean it comes easily. Domestically we find with more frequency that opposing sides call for the silencing of their disputant rather...
by UFI Blog | Oct 4, 2017 | Free Speech, LGBT, Sexual Orientation
by Alannah Hurley “Tolerance: a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from bigotry.” June 15th, 2017, a group of LGBT individuals disrupted an...
by UFI Blog | Sep 9, 2017 | Free Speech, President's message, Religious Freedom, The Family, UFI
by Tori Black Hate. Feelings of prejudice filling people with such animus and loathing that they are motivated to hurt, to harm, and to kill. With good reason we recoil from hate when we see it. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed the heart of a complacent country by...
by UFI Blog | Aug 9, 2017 | Free Speech, Marriage, Non-Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation
By Diane Robertson Last week, a judge in Wisconsin announced that the court would rule that a Christian photographer could declare her faith-based intent not to take photos at homosexual weddings and not be prosecuted or chased out of business because she does not...
