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The ConspiracyAgainst the Family
F
ew rcalizc it! Btll even in alllucnt America. Britain. and
o thcr Wcstcrn countries, we facc an cnormous and
growing tragedy. The institutions of marriagc and family
lifc are bc.:ing formidably auackcd.
A sol id family structure is thc vc.:ry foundation of any stablc
and pcrmancnt socicty. But today in thc aflluent countries a
conspiracy is dcvcloping which secb to del.lroy marriage asan
in~titution.
as wcll as the
FAMILY.
This is anothcr dccisive bit of
evidcncc that
thi~
world's civilization is dcfinitcly in the
ENO
TIME
thc c.:nd of this wor ld as we know it!
Thc threat is dual:
1)
Unrealized by mos
t.
there is a
widespread and aggressive
conspi ra~:y
to dcstroy the insti tu tion
of marriagc.:. 2) Mar ital relationships and family life are
brcaking down. and divorces are incrcasing alarmingly.
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fccl strongly the need to talk to
m
y
Plain Trurh
readership
of many millions about this major threat to civilizalion itself–
and thus to
YOUR
life and mine.
lt \
time the facts were made
knO\\ n. Today many psychologists are saying that thc
institution of marriage i doomed- on thc way out. And there is
a dcfinite movcment
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brin!! that about.
The conspi racy consis ts ofa two-pronged atta
e
k:
1)
a well–
orga ni zc.:d movement
to
subtly intlucncc collc.:ge sllldents to
prcfer
a/remarives
to marriagc. and 2) an attempt to inftuence
the genera l public by newspapcr and magazi ne articles.
tclcvisio n programs. the lccturc platform. thc womcn's lib
movemen t. and student or former studcnt re beis
or
thc "New
Lcft." How much of allthis propaganda has been planted in
thc minds of the psychologists.
professor~.
"ritcrs. publishers.
women's lib crusaders. and others by trained Communist
propagandi~ts
can only be estimatc.:d.
There are publishers that seek out' '
ritcr~
and authors to
supply them with material offcring
alternativc~
to marriage–
such as homosexuality. group
marriage~.
scx outside of
marriage, communal families- writers who will shou t the
gospcl tha t "marriage is finishcd . out-datcd. obsolete. on the
way out." Th is is a war which is being vigorously and
fanaticall y waged. Every subtlc method is being employed to
capture the minds of those of premarriage age.
Today virtually everycollege and university in the United
Statesoffers numcrouscourses in psychology and sociology. And
almos twithou
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cxccption. thcsc courses make requ ired reading
booksand anicles that picturc marriage a no\\ outdated and soon
to become a relicofthe past. They reprcscnt that both m
en
and
womcn want variety in sex and other ocia! rclationships. They
The
PLAIN TRUTH
Oc tober-November 1978
ridi(;tlle as a worn -out. old-fashioned idea thc bclief that one
shou ld confine all inti mate relations
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onc person.
Onc book. required reading at some one hundred campu:.es
in the United
S
tates. has a chaptcr on mate swapping. including
thc statement: "Thc family that
~"
ing:. together clings
tOgcther:· The book
represent~
mate :.wapping as a bendicial
cxperiencc.
A fcw years ago. the pionc.:er:. in applying methods of
scicntific rcscarch to thc: subjcct of
:.~x.
Masters and
John~on.
hcld a symposium in Chicago with somc six or scvcn wuplt:s
who frccly adm itted to "swinging'' as a rcgul<tr
cxpcricnc~
al
cenain chosen interva ls. They exchangcd thcir phi losophies on
the subject. probed by ques ti ons from Dr. Masters and Dr.
Johnson (actually Mrs. Mas ters). Mastcrs and Johnson chc.:ckcd
tivc years la ter and found on ly onc.: of th e couples was still
married.
But now what about existing marriagc:.. home and family
life? Thcse have givc.:n gn:at encouragcment
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the conspiracy
against marriagc and the family.
Tht: so-called new morality- which is actually nothing but
gross
inllnoraliry- has
gained considerable public acceptancc
) incc the end of World War
11 .
This crusade of the "new
rnorality" has brought about. lirst. rar more openncss and
franknc.:ss of discussion and conversat ion abou t sex and moral s:
and second. a much more lax bchavior. c:.pccially among thc
oncoming younger generation. And onc.: of its grea tcst d<lngc.:rs
Í!>
the adven t of a new and almost total
PER~tiSSIVE:--JESS.
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think it probably startc.:d in the "Roaring 20:;" in the
day~
of
the "tlappers... Those. especial!y thc.: girls \\ ho were in their late
tccn~
and carly 20s
in
thc 1920s. became much more
pcrmissivc. They married and bccame mothcrs. but they
rclaxcd authority and parental guidancc ovcr thcir childrc.:n.
Then World War
11
produced anothcr gcncration- still more
pcrrnissive.
Discipline relaxed and virtually disappeared in almost all
of
thc public schools. And now. in thc past dccadc. most of thc
college and universi ty campuses
ha
ve provided "co-ed dorms"
where men are free
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visit women in their rooms. and womcn
are free
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visit men with almost no restrictions.
Of course. the worldwide conspiracy against marriage and
thc auack against the
FAMILY
institution has noi. as yet. made
any sensational dent in the number of marriages taking place.
But it is becoming a
THREAT
which
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feel our readers should
know about.
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