The
following are the fronts in which the "war against the
family1,2,3" is fought:
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The continuous level of industrialization lures more
family members to work for material rewards and allows for less and less time for
family members to support each other and even communicate with
each other.
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More intrusive
governments have
taken over
several responsibilities of the family and have raised taxation levels to the
point where
more family members need to work more hours and thus, in many
cases, have broken the natural family and the extended family.
Ontario law includes a whole section of family law, which
increases the power of intervention by the state through
"Children Services".
We have created an "industry" around the massive
regulation of divorce law, and we have reduced the role and responsibility of
parents.
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The commercialization of society and the media have cheapened
real marriage and procreation and "normalized"
divorce, pornography and other addictive sexual behaviours. Our
children are not relying on the strength and experience of the
extended family for help, but more and more rely on friends,
groups and public institutions. The values upheld by the
traditional family are being substituted with ephemeral
values.
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The school environment discourages parental authority and
downplays basic education, absolute truth, what is right and
wrong, chaste and moral behaviour and traditional values.
As a result, the level of education has dropped, morality has
become "relative" and independent thinking has become
rare. "I think" (meaning: "I am repeating what I
have heard") has become the new standard of
"individual morality."
The
defense of the family cannot be delegated to society, politics
or religion. Each person should take the responsibility of
defending the family by keeping his own family together.
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REFERENCES:
[1]
"The war against the Family",
Dr. William Gairdner, Stoddart, 1992.
[2]
"Nuking
the Nuclear Family", By Joseph Farah, World Net Daily,
March 2003.
[3]
"The
Politics of Family Destruction", Dr. Stephen
Baskerville, Howard University, 2007.
