by United Families International | Apr 14, 2011 | Civil Unions, Cohabitation, Domestic Partners, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, UFI Blog
By Carol Soelberg In cities and counties across the country we are hearing of efforts being made to implement domestic partnership registries as a means to “satisfy the needs” of homosexual couples who can not be legally married. While these communities are committed...
by United Families International | Dec 30, 2010 | Abstinence, Cohabitation, Marriage, UFI Blog
Waiting until marriage to have sex had the strongest correlations with positive outcomes for the marital relationship concludes a new study published in the December issue of the Journal of Family Psychology. According to the study, married couples who delayed having...
by United Families International | Dec 8, 2010 | Cohabitation, Divorce, father, Marriage, UFI Blog
Last week we published the results of our UFI Family Poll (on UFI’s home page). The question was asked “What is the strongest predictor of juvenile violence and crime?” Ninety-six percent of our readers said “fatherlessness.” Several people contacted UFI and asked...
by United Families International | Nov 19, 2010 | Cohabitation, Family, Marriage, Media, UFI Blog
By now you’ve probably read a version of the Associated Press headline story “Four in 10 say marriage is becoming obsolete.” These articles highlighted the Pew Research Center’s data showing that in 1978, 28 percent of individuals believed marriage was obsolete, today...
by United Families International | Nov 1, 2010 | Abstinence, Family, Marriage, UFI Blog
“Child poverty is an ongoing national concern, but few are aware of the principal cause: the absence of married fathers in the home. According to the U.S. Census, the poverty rate for single parents with children in the United States in 2008 was 36.5 percent. The rate...
