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 | Jan 11, 2017 | Diane Robertson, Environmentalism, Gender, Gender Identity, Parents
by Diane Robertson One does not have to look very far to realize that there has been a global increase in gender dysphoria in children. In recent years, parents have been caught publicly parading their child’s “transformation” from one gender to another. Last year,...
by UFI Blog | Jan 4, 2017 | Abortion, Diane Robertson, Free Speech, Gender Identity, Religious Freedom, Transgender
by Diane Robertson What happens in the legislature and what happens in the courts ought to be very important to every one. Those are the places where laws are made and repealed. While not all laws affect everyone’s daily life, all laws have a profound effect on public...
by UFI Blog | Nov 23, 2016 | Diane Robertson, Gender Identity, Religious Freedom, Transgender
by Diane Robertson Churches in Massachusetts this Thanksgiving face a conundrum for the first time: should they open their buildings up to the public to serve Thanksgiving dinner and risk up to $50,000 in fines or should they remain closed to the public to keep their...
by UFI Blog | Nov 2, 2016 | Diane Robertson, Gender, Gender Identity, Schools, Supreme Court, Transgender
by Diane Robertson The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear the transgender school bathroom case coming from the 4th Circuit Court– G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board. The ACLU sued the Gloucester County School board in behalf of a student...
by UFI Blog | Oct 26, 2016 | Diane Robertson, Education, Gender, Gender Identity, Schools, Supreme Court, Transgender
by Diane Robertson A couple of years ago, President Obama quietly changed Title IX by adding transgender to the law. Last Spring, the Obama administration stated that all schools that did not allow students to use locker rooms, bathrooms, and sports teams according to...
