From the years 60, a variety of antitradition movements – including modern feminism, sexual liberation and gay rights – have become prominent in the West. The institution of the family has been the most hit. In the United States, the Family Law Reform Act of 1969 gave the green light to unilateral divorce. Other countries soon created similar laws.
In the United States, the divorce rate with respect to marriages has increased to more than double between 60 and 80. In the years 50, about 11% of children born in a marriage saw their parents divorce, and in 1970, the percentage rose to 50% [1]. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 40% of newborns in 2016 in the United States were conceived out of wedlock. In 1956, this figure was less than 5%.
In the traditional societies of east and west, chastity in the relationship between a man and a woman was considered a virtue. Today it is thought to be something unusual and even ridiculous. The same-sex marriage movement, accompanied by the feminist movement, has sought to redefine the family and marriage legally. A law professor, currently part of the U.S. Federal Commission for Equal Employment opportunities, initiated a statement in 2006 entitled "Beyond Same-sex marriage: A new strategic vision for all our families and Relations. " This proposed that people would form any kind of new family, according to any wish they had (including polygamous marriages, homosexual assembled families, etc.). The professor also argued that traditional marriage and family should not have more legal rights than any other type of "family".
The trend towards the gradual destruction of the traditional family is now evident. The elimination of the family-driven communism will become a reality before the much-promised elimination of class difference.
1. The traditional family established by God.
The traditional family
There was a time when one thought of the word "family" an image came to our minds: a dad, a mom, and children. In the last thirty to fifty years this image has changed in such a way that the definition of family is no longer clear, so many possibilities have been added that we have forgotten that the traditional family has existed for centuries and as an institution has been the basis of any Society for the thousands of individual benefits as well as community. But now, as attorney Dallin H. Oaks said, **"The traditional family of a married father and mother, and their children, is becoming the exception rather than the rule;" **This is cause for alarm as we see now as in no other time , that violence has escalated, cases of child abuse are reported on a daily basis, addictions are considered the plague of this generation, and trauma is the wound that many carry. Many studies corroborate that all these problems are in some way or another related to the breakdown of the family and the moral values that come with it.
In the traditional cultures of East and West, marriage was established by the gods and is considered to be arranged by heaven. Once formed, marriage cannot be broken. Both men and women were created by the gods in their image and likeness, and they are equal before God. At the same time, the gods also made men and women different physically and established respective roles for each one. In Western tradition, women are bones of man's bones and flesh of his flesh. A man must love his wife as if he were part of his own body, and if necessary, sacrifice to protect it.
In turn, the woman should help him and cooperate with her husband, making the couple a complete and integral one. Men are responsible for working hard and earning a living to support the family while women suffer by giving birth. All of this comes from the different original sins that people carry.
Similarly, in the traditional Oriental culture, men are associated with the yang of Yin and yang, which is symbolically connected with the sun and sky, and therefore demands that they are constantly striving to progress and to carry the Responsibility to take care of the family in difficult times. Women belong to the beginning Yin, who is symbolically connected to the Earth, and this means that they give life and nourish everything with great virtue. They must be complacent and considerate of others, and have a duty to support their husbands and educate their children. Only when men and women perform well their respective roles can yin and yang achieve harmony and children will grow and develop in a healthy way.
The traditional family has the role of transmitting beliefs, morality and maintaining the stability of society. The family is the cradle of belief and the bond for the transmission of values. Parents are the first teachers in a child's life. If children learn traditional virtues such as generosity, humility, gratitude, resilience, among others, through the words and actions of their parents, that will benefit them for the rest of their lives.
Traditional marital life also helps men and women grow together in terms of morals. It requires husbands and wives to consider their emotions and desires with a different attitude, and to be considerate and tolerant of each other. This is in essence different from the idea of cohabiting. Human emotion is fickle. If the partner is together because they like to be together and separate because they no longer like it, the relationship is not very different from a common friendship that does not have marriage union. Ultimately, Marx wanted "unfettered sex" to become widespread, which of course is about dissolving traditional marriage and thus ultimately eliminating the institution of the family.