“Perhaps what is really being proposed by the Evangelical fundamentalists is a return not to the 1950s family but to the family of biblical days. The Old Testament is clear that this was a strong patriarchal family. Men were permitted several wives and concubines. Children were legitimately conceived by these concubines outside of marriage. . . . Is this the Evangelical's idea of an ideal family?” MenChildrenIdeasReligionStrongClearWifeReturnIdealsBiblicalTestamentOld TestamentEvangelicalFamily ManConcubines Author:Ira Reiss
