parresia

It seems to me that

It seems to me that a big part of bringing about reformation within society is to bring about the reformation of marriage. Consider Ingram's words:

The integrity of the whole moral argument of the Ten Commandments begins to stand out even more clearly in this. The mystery of making and keeping a pledge of loyalty, a promise, to God, to a spouse; the taking of the name of God in a solemn oath: these are the things upon which the moral law is built. These are the foundations of society. These are the things that are kept alive and in force by the inflicting of penalites for breaking them. Promises, vows, pledges, loyalties all vanish if they are broken with impunity. Society turns on keeping pledges and punishing violations. Credit is an extension of the principle into the business world. The cotnratct is established by a spoken word, and is no better than that word. The bond of loyalty or the effect of a pledge lies in what we might call the sprirt world: it has no shape or weight or size; it cannot be touched, seen, or heard. But it controls human life.

What an adulterer really does is to break a particular solemn vow. by his act he tramples upon marriage itself, mocks God and society, and figuratively tosses that particular promise into the trashcan, making it of no value."

furthermore Rushdoony writes:

The functions of the family are thus major and difficult ones. Its religous and educational tasks are central to life in their respective areas. They are aspects also of the family's custody of children. The care of property as an inheritance, a social force, and a religious responsibility is again important to society. Not surprisingly, marriage is seen in Scripture with tenderness but without romance. It is very clearly described as a "yoke". A yoke is a tie bingding two creatures together in pulling burdens. Marriage is also described in Scripture as "trouble in the flesh" (I cor 7:28), rendered "outward trouble" by Moffatt. Marriage is clearly a working partnership of man and wife in the service of God, exercising dominion in their appointed spheres."