The Family Enemy

Ben Domenech has an excellent essay entitled The Family Enemy in which he discusses how changing the legal definition of marriage will affect our already weak culture.

The debate over non-traditional marriage is actually about the family. Or rather, the redefinition of the family. It is about changing the family from a unit of one flesh and blood, founded on tradition and faith, to a unit whose boundaries and morals are defined by each husband and wife.

The fact is that the traditional family undergirds civilization. It makes for more successful communities, happier homes, healthier lives and better neighborhoods. The current attempt to force-feed the redefinition of marriage down society's throat undermines the family to its core.

Ben is a fairly well known young conservative pundit, and this essay in particular is definitely worth reading.

Posted by John Hawbaker at July 7, 2003 09:43 AM | TrackBack