The Natural Family and the Safety of Children

Ed Kaitz at American Thinker brilliantly assesses the implications of the AP report I addressed in Marriage is about Children in an article drawing heavily on the debate on the nature of the family in civilization explicit in the works of Plato and Aristotle. He quotes Aristotle:

In a state having women and children common, love will be watery; and the
father will certainly not say ‘my son' or the son ‘my father.' As a little
sweet wine mingled with a great deal of water is imperceptible in the mixture,
so, in this sort of community, the idea of relatiionship which is based on
these names will be lost; there is no reason why the so-called father should
care about the so-called son, or the son about the father, or brothers about one
another. Of the two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection - that a thing is your own and that you love it - neither can exist in a state such as this.

You have got to read the whole thing! Kudos, Mr. Kaitz!

H/T Lucianne