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Official Statement About US Supreme Court Decision 10-6-14

June 13, 2018October 7, 2014 by Richard

This morning, October 6, 2014, the Supreme Court denied appeals from Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin for a State’s right to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman. This decision saddens The Worldwide Organization For Women.

As an organization that specializes in helping women and families, WOW views this decision as degrading to the dual roles of women in society as mothers, and men as fathers. Women and men should not be thought of as interchangeable equivalents, but should be honored as powerful co-creators with God of children. Both men and women have self-evident and powerful roles to create moral societies, through raising and nurturing virtuous families. This ruling suggests that the purpose of marriage is to legalize various sexual preferences of certain groups in our society. We do not agree with this premis. To legally re-define marriage is short-sighted and demoralizing to women, men, and society.

WOW urges families in the states of Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana, Wisconsin and around the world to value woman as the powerful influence in society that she has historically been. More than ever women need to honor their roles as women, mothers, and grandmothers. Teach your children why mothers and fathers are important. Give your children the peace they desperately need, which comes from the full identity of their mother and father’s lineage and love.

WOW is welcomed into the World Congress of Families

June 13, 2018September 18, 2014 by Richard

Women are the key figures in the
movement of strengthening the family and have historically been the
moral authority of the world. WOW is dedicated to strengthening
women so that they can have a positive and moral impact on

Strong Words About A Child’s Right To Parents

June 13, 2018September 3, 2014 by Richard

Dr. Jennifer Roback, president of the Ruth Institute, gave this stirring five minute addresss to the RI House Judiciary when they were ruling on the same sex marriage issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifUSSt–gLg&ytsession=u3a_-kBeymNM4QZIrG…

She makes a point of saying that we can’t see ahead of time to what the problems of legalizing same sex marriage will be for our children, but there will be bad effects. Who will fix the families then? Great thought provoking material here.

Irreplaceable Mothers: The Power of Moms Who Know Their Roles

June 13, 2018June 2, 2014 by Richard

On May 6th, 2014 I went to a viewing of the new documentary, Irreplaceable, produced by Focus On The Family. This documentary took on some of the big issues facing the world in our times such as abortion, population decline, the importance of mothers and fathers in families, and general social confusion related to misunderstanding the…

Maternity

June 13, 2018June 2, 2014 by Richard

Maternity by design is wholesome and good, and is divinely intended to benefit the mother in countless ways and at so many different levels: emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, behaviorally, biologically, etc.

All good things get challenged, so it comes as no surprise that contradictory and counterfeit ideas against maternity are promoted even institutionalized, which are not wholesome, not good, and not divinely intended, which end up harmful to women. A few days before Mother’s Day, a perfectly timed debut, Cosmopolitan published 25 year old abortion doula, Emily Lett’s essay, “Why I Filmed My Abortion.” The story has spread quickly throughout the media. Emily posted on YouTube a video of her alleged abortion. There is no verifying that what is taking place in the video is real, that part is assumed. In her essay, she says she was introduced by her administrator to Angie AntiTheist, obviously an alias, another YouTube poster who wanted to show the world how positive taking RU486 is. This became Emily’s inspiration for her clinical abortion video.

The idea of promoting abortion as positive has been the strategy of pro-abortionists for a while now. This is good news in the sense that at large, abortion is no longer accepted in society as a good choice, nor as something positive. Those who promote the dignity and rights of each individual from conception have made great headway, so much so that the pro-abortion lobby NARAL has felt threatened enough to pressure Google into blocking pro-life ads on all searches tagged “abortion clinic”-and we all thought our searches were objective. They argued that abortion industry revenues were being negatively affected by the pro-life ads.

Despite their well- funded lobby, research continues to reveal truth of the “not good” and “harmful” when it comes to abortion such as in a recent Chinese meta-analysis that links induced abortion and breast cancer.

On the flip side, one little known benefit of maternity is no breast cancer. It was known as early as mediaeval times that breast cancer was a disease resulting from not experiencing maternity; it existed primarily in nuns, and found rarely in the aged. Only in recent years has breast cancer become a disease in women of child bearing age. Research is catching up to what we already knew, maternity is the healthy, good and beneficial choice for women. WOW will be exploring and sharing research in a continuing series of articles addressing maternity and the biological effects of its expression and suppression.

Saving Mother’s Day

June 13, 2018May 10, 2014 by Richard

by Nicholeen Peck Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you have planned how you will spend your special day. I usually try to find ways to serve my family like a good mother does. Years ago I fell into the trap of feeling entitled on Mother’s Day. I thought it was my day off. In fact, it seemed like society was convincing me that I should feel entitled to special treatment. One Mother’s Day, after being thrown up on and having everything go wrong, and feeling like being a mother was the worst thing ever, I decided that never again would I trick myself into that kind of selfishness. I decided that Mother’s Day was my day to do what I do; mother people. I decided that to honor my special day best I needed to be selfless, not selfish. Here are some things you can do to make Mother’s Day special for you and for your family; live your role and love it!

Make your family breakfast in bed
Make a special dinner for your family
Tell stories from your life to your family
Tell your family about mothers you admire (your heroes)
Have a special mother’s day treat (tradition) you always serve like strawberry shortcake.
Send your children cards of appreciation for being able to be their mother

Happy Mother’s Day

June 13, 2018May 10, 2014 by Richard

WOW upside down spells MOM. It’s a universally common title, but the real beauty and influence of motherhood begins to shine when Mom doesn’t accept the role as common. At a recent fundraising event, one couple at a shared table happened to be a Mom accompanied by her young son. Her husband couldn’t attend last minute, so his son was to take his place. As conversation progressed through the evening, it became obvious this beautiful woman did not accept her title as common. Motherhood was something she continually planned, prayed about, and sought wisdom in. It was something she put her best energies into. I knew I had found a kindred spirit when she said she was once asked what job she would choose if she could have any in the world. She said she thought about it a moment and then answered she already had it-being a stay at home Mom.

This reminded me of Cornelia Africana, an ancient Roman patrician whose maternal care and wisdom jolted Rome with the dignity and worth she brought to motherhood. One day sister patrician Compania showcased her jewels to Cornelia. After, she asked Cornelia to bring out her jewels for her to see. Cornelia in all sincerity gestured toward her young children and replied, “These are my jewels.”

Painting by Angelica Kaufman, 1785

It is true Cornelia was blessed with a life of material comfort, but she was hardly spared human suffering and grief. She was widowed fairly young, and though she bore twelve children, only three survived to adulthood. Later, even her two famous sons, “the Gracchi”, she outlived, because they were cut down in their prime of life for beliefs she raised them to stand for.

WOW respects and supports the dual role of parenthood, but today WOW wants to honour the Mother, and those who do not accept the title of Mom as common.

Happy Mothers Day!