What does this ancient history mean for the modern Catholic today?

In Hoc Signo Vinces (In This Sign Conquer)

by Joe Kral

It may come as a surprise to many that the fruits of the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s are not anything really new. Western society has faced these issues before with the sexual morality of the Pax Romana. When the Empire began its conversion to Catholicism, this loose morality was defeated precisely because of the acceptance of Catholic teaching. Today, however, is a different story. It is now “en vogue” to have thrown away traditional Christian notions of the sacredness of marriage and adhere to an ancient but “new” standard of marriage.

As mentioned in a previous article, judicially speaking marriage has become a joke. In the last month alone, four more federal judges have ruled bans prohibiting same-sex marriage and polygamy are unconstitutional. Many who fight for the traditional view of marriage may be beginning to wonder what can be done to stop this tide of judicial activism. Over half of the states’ bans have been ruled unconstitutional. It would seem that traditional Christian ethics in America has definitively come to an end. While the US Supreme Court still has not rendered a decision, one should realize that if these judicial decisions are upheld it will likely take decades to reverse them. So what is the practicing Catholic to do?

Firstly, it is important to know how our society, and our judiciary in particular, came to accept the practice of so-called same-sex marriage. This phenomenon arose precisely because of social and political practices that weakened the practice of marriage as covenant. It became more socially acceptable to have sex outside of marriage. In fact, it became so acceptable that minor children began to engage in the practice. This became so prevalent that most prosecutors simply refuse to prosecute minors who engage in statutory rape. What is even more troubling is that prosecutors also fail to prosecute those young adult men who engage in sexual intercourse with minors. Unfortunately, statutory rape laws of the nation have become laws with no teeth. Abortion clinics and Planned Parenthood routinely flout these laws by providing both abortions and contraceptives to minor children without reporting anything to the proper authorities.

The next degradation to the family came with no fault divorce. Some people may not remember this, but there was a time when obtaining a divorce was much more difficult because a party had to prove fault of the other party within a court of law. Obviously, that is no longer the case. One may simply file for divorce because he or she is bored with their spouse. Several notable celebrity divorce cases have proven the problems with the current status of divorce laws.

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