Progressives like to pretend we’re all moving toward some higher plane of existence. And of course on our way to that utopia, we can ignore messy realities like human nature altogether – or maybe re-engineer them.
 
Yet, as contemporary society is redefining marriage, bending genders and creating a whole new kind of family, we don’t seem to be heading into a beautiful, brave new world so much as we’re regressing a couple millennia. Humans have already covered this ground – before they knew better.
 
Father Dwight Longenecker provides us with some historical prospective ~

As the traditional family disintegrates what we are seeing is the development of supposedly new forms of family life. These new forms of family are supposed to be of equal value or even better than the traditional family, but we should not be deceived. The newly developing forms of family life in our society are not morally neutral, nor are they a progression to something better and more sophisticated. They are a regression to a more primitive and barbaric form of family structure.

Fr. Longenecker sees two growing trends as especially troublesome: matriarchy and polygamy.
 

Matriarchy –

Single mothers who for the most part have relegated males to sperm donor status.

This sort of matriarchy is not an advance. It does not lead to human flourishing, human achievement or any sense of human self worth. The men resent being excluded by the women, the women eventually resent having to do everything. The children are left to fend for themselves.

Polygamy –

Already favored by many Muslims – and some Mormon sects, Longenecker sees this trend growing once the LGBT crowd has essentially rendered “marriage” meaningless.

Many women will turn away from the de facto and accept it’s opposite: polygamy. Rather than do everything they will join a harem of women reliant on the one man who does and decides everything.

 
Clearly, polygamy is also regressive ~

Polygamy will set back women’s rights and self esteem, locking them into a relationship with a man which must be abusive because (when faced with a tribe of pregnant women who can’t support themselves) he will be the one in charge. The woman will become a second class citizen, valued only for her child bearing capability like the roaming stud is valued in statist matriarchy only for the fact that he can give the girl another baby.

Today’s cultural elite voices are trying to convince us that their new kind of family is “progress.” Don’t be fooled.

Every society that has advanced and moved forward historically has moved beyond matriarchy and polygamy. This must be so because matriarchy demeans men and polygamy demeans women. Only in monogamy are man and woman ideally treated as equals.

Before feminists go ballistic and commitment-phobes run away, understand that monogamy does mean a willingness to share, compromise and frequently put the needs of others before your own. It takes two equally mature individuals. We’re all imperfect, but if each spouse can put aside their own self-interest, the advantages of traditional marriage far outweigh the disadvantages.
 
And it’s part of God’s ideal plan ~

The true advancement for humanity was the gradual predominance of not only monogamy, but the Christian ideal of monogamy. It was only Christianity which exalted the union of man and woman to such a high status.
The Romans were aghast that Christian husbands and wives actually loved one another. That a woman was to be treated with respect and honor within a marriage was revolutionary. That marriage should be for life (thus offering security and protection to the woman) was revolutionary. That the Christians loaded marriage with theological significance making it a sacrament and the crucible whereby the soul’s salvation was forged, was a radical advance and innovation. That marriage signified the union between God and humanity was an astounding advance in human social and self understanding.

 
Not only is the nuclear family; father, mother, children, the Creator’s perfect building block for society, secular research supports the quality-of-life benefits inherent in that traditional structure ~

“Social science confirms the importance of marriage for kids. According to the best available sociological evidence, children fare best on virtually every examined indicator when reared by their wedded, biological parents. Studies that control for other factors, including poverty and even genetics, suggest that children reared in intact homes do best on educational achievement, emotional health, familial and sexual development, and delinquency and incarceration.”

~ Ryan T. Anderson Heritage Foundation, 2013

 
As western civilization regresses to a darker time, it’s becoming more and more evident: Progressivism is anything but.