The family is the basic unit of the political community, and more than anything else the health of the family decides the health of society as a whole. Today the American family is at risk as never before. Now it happens also to be part of the order of nature, that the sexual passion is a jealous passion. And the husband's fidelity is necessary to convince the wife that she and her children are the undivided objects of his devotion. It is accordingly of the essence of the good order of the family, that sexual friendship be confined to husband and wife.
Nothing strikes at the well-being of the family more than adultery or incest.
Neither is the option in favor of the monogamous heterosexual family. A homosexual family is a contradiction in terms. The characteristic presence of eunuchs in polygamous societies is not accidental. And the political order that supports polygamy not only degrades women, but is almost invariably despotic. It is said that intense friendships arise often and naturally between persons of the same sex.