Culture/Values

In the weeks since the November election we’re again hearing the same old tired debate about the values issues and the Republican Party. After every election the pro-aborts and the pro-“homosexual rights” crowd in the media and in both political parties begin again to lecture the GOP about how it’d be so much better off if it would just ignore those pesky social issues.

This series could go on for weeks because a wealth of excellent material has been written on the topic of why marriage between one man and one woman needs to be defended.

“Marriage has been under attack for decades thanks to no-fault divorce laws and a greater cultural tolerance of sex outside marriage and our families have suffered.”

Through a carefully crafted, decades-old propaganda campaign, homosexual activists have successfully cast homosexuals — many of whom enjoy positions of influence and affluence — as a disadvantaged minority.

Two of the strongest voices in defense of marriage are those of Dennis Prager and Robert Knight. Both men have penned excellent commentaries on the larger gay agenda and the consequences of redefining marriage.

If “marriage” can mean anything, then it means nothing. Giving non-marital relationships the same status as marriage does not expand the definition of marriage; it destroys it.

Marriage is not an unimportant, secondary issue. The healthier and more resilient a society is, the better able it will be to deal with whatever problems arise, whether it is war or economic downturn. Anything that hurts society reduces its ability to deal with any and all problems.

Maggie Gallagher puts it simply, saying that “children need mothers and fathers” and “marriage is the most practical way to get them for children.”

The list of sources for my “On Marriage” series.

Many people in the prosperous West no longer understand simple concepts like the “social fabric.” The world they’ve been born and raised in typically doesn’t force any deep thought about why some societies are free, civilized and prosperous while others regularly suffer widespread poverty, disease, societal chaos, and even total war. They’re accustomed to the fruits of Western culture and they take it for granted.