The Shameful Legacy of the 20th Century: the Destruction of the Family
The twentieth century saw an unprecedented attack on American marriage and the family. Society has been composed of families since the creation of man or at least shortly thereafter. By the time of Noah and the flood, the idea of the family was acknowledged by all. The family has always been founded on marriage.
For thousands of years, the family survived with little change. There were periods in which certain societies practiced polygamy and, very rarely, polyandry. This was the only significant exception to the normal family of husband, wife, and children, natural or adopted.
In the nineteenth century, the Mormons tried to introduce polygamy into a Western country for the first time. This attempt was rejected four times by the United States Supreme Court. A few small movements favored “free sex” or sexual anarchy, or the end of sex, but they got nowhere.
By the dawn of the twentieth century, family law in the United States was little different from what it had been for the preceding 1,500 years. Divorce was available for few reasons — usually adultery, danger to the life of the spouse, or life in prison.
And now… the rest of the story. …..
Harold
