Killing the Family

I was watching one of my favorite shows on EWTN called Faith & Culture hosted by the charming Colleen Carroll Campbell. The show covers Catholicism in today's culture.

Last night she interviewed Helen Alvare, a Catholic expert on family law. During the interview Alvare said something very interesting. She said that, prior to the 1960s, family law in the country primarily focused on the welfare of the family. That's why divorce was much harder to get because it was often times not in the best interest of the family.

Now, however, family law has moved from the best interest of the family to the best interest of the individual. So, now, if one person in a marriage wants a divorce, they can get it easily, no matter the overall effect on the family.

But the most disturbing outcome of this migration in family law from focusing on the family to focusing on the individual is abortion and euthanasia. As Alvare explains, the concept of family has been distorted so strongly that the only people you can legally kill are members of your own family. You can kill your own child through abortion and people are pushing for us to allow the killing of our own family members through euthanasia.

Think about that for a minute. If you kill someone else's child or someone else's family member, you are a murderer. But if you murder someone in your own family through abortion and euthanasia, you are not.

Stunning.

To me, it just goes to show how resilient, clever and powerful Satan has become in destroying the primary location where faith and morals are defined and taught... the family.