By Michael W. Chapman
This article was first published July 17, 2019, at cnsnews.com.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) decision to establish a “Consenual Non-monogamy Task Force” to promote “polyamory, open relationships” and
“swinging” as normal sexual behavior was condemned by the Catholic League and the Ruth Institute, respectively, as a form of “mental breakdown” and another step in a long march
“to normalize aberrant sexual behavior between adults.”
“The APA is not a scientific body—it is an activist organization in service to sexual libertinism,” said Bill
Donohue, president of the Catholic League. “The latest APA endorsement of polygamy and swinging (and my favorite, the all-inclusive ‘relationship anarchy’)
was announced this month as part of the APA’s ‘Non-Monogamy Task Force’ program; it says it is promoting ‘inclusivity.'”
“It has not yet endorsed bestiality (which is no doubt a tribute to the animal rights folks), but who knows what lies beyond the bend?” said Donohue. “That
may be next. Isn’t that what ‘inclusivity’ is all about?”
Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse said, “In plain English, ‘non-monogamy’ means multiple concurrent sexual partners, sometimes known as
polyamory…. The APA’s position is that as long as sex is consensual, no judgement should be attached. In the #MeToo era, we have learned just how
thin a reed ‘consent’ can be. This idea that individuals are entitled to whatever sex life they want, regardless of the consequences, is a basic belief
of the Sexual Revolution.”
“In the past half-century, this has been a recipe for disaster, as statistics on divorce, out-of-wedlock births and fatherless families show,” said Morse.
Earlier this month, the American Psychological Association disclosed that it had launched the “Division 44 Consenual Non-monogamy Task Force.” The purpose
of the task force is to promote awareness and inclusivity about consensual non-monogamy and diverse expressions of intimate relationships,” said the
APA. “These include but are not limited to: people who practice polyamory, open relationships, swinging, relationship anarchy and other types of ethical
non-monogamous relationships.”
The APA clarifies that its goal is to make sleeping round with multiple partners in a variety of situations, i.e., swinging, acceptable. “Finding love
and/or sexual intimacy is a central part of most people’s life experience,” stated the APA. “However, the ability to engage in desired intimacy without
social and medical stigmatization is not a liberty for all. This task force seeks to address the needs of people who practice consensual non-monogamy,
including their intersecting marginalized identities.”
Back in 1973, the APA followed the lead of the American Psychiatric Assocation to declare that homosexuality was no longer a form of mental illness, although
there was no new scientific evidence to back up that change. In 2009, the APA rejected the idea that homosexuals could alter their behavior through
gay conversion therapy.
“Let’s face it, the APA leadership is actively pushing the radical gay agenda, the goal of which is to eradicate the cultural basis of Western civilization,
namely the Judeo-Christian ethos,” said Donohue. “Their ideology is so entrenched that they are unable to see the psychological and social damage that
is done to everyone, especially women and children, when a sexual ethic based on restraint is destroyed. And have they not learned of the
body count attributed to lethal sex practices?”
“Since the 1970s, the APA helped to normalize aberrant sexual behavior between adults,” said Dr. Morse, Ph.D. “No one has stopped to ask about the long-term
price children have paid, and that society continues to pay. Now it’s taking that one step further, by trying to get the pubic to accept multiple sexual
partners. If they succeed, children and society will pay a steep price.”
Dr. Morse futher asked, “What happens when little Johnny comes home and finds Mommy in bed with a strange man? If she explains to him that the relationship
is ‘consensual,’ and Daddy knows about it, will that lessen the emotional trauma? What about the rights of children? Will their consent be sought too?”
Dr. Morse’s latest book is The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives (and how the Church was Right All Along).
Bill Donohue’s latest book is Common Sense Catholicism: How to Resolve Our Cultural Crisis.