The Good Book says - Honor thy mother and thy father.
It doesn’t say to do so if they were nice to you, or good parents, or even good people.
Yes, of course there are limits - molesters and abusers and the like - but part of the decline of the moral character of America is due to the notion that family is voluntary. Our children don’t listen to stories at Grandpa’s knee, marriages are convenience based, and even siblings are just people we see at Christmas.
I don’t think that the government has any business enforcing such a notion, but the moral basis of the law is Biblical and correct. We shouldn’t need the government to tell us to take care of our own, that’s the sad part.
I always take note of when a liberal resorts to quoting the Bible about our “obligation” to “help” “those in need”. The quotes are to highlight how the left usurps language and turns something that should remain between God and man into something that gives the IRS the authority to send men with guns to enforce.
I am tempted to ask the liberals, if they are so supportive of this particular Biblical requirement, are they also supportive of its requirement to refrain from lies, coveting and theft, or at least sexual immorality?
Actually, during most of human history, marriages were arranged for almost exclusively pragmatic (chiefly: economic) reasons. Outside of medieval ballads in which courtly gentleman praised the loveliness of some unattainable lady, the notion of romantic love was virtually unknown. Marriages were to hold property together, bear children to support one in one's infirmity, etc. - in short, they were for "convenience."
Only in modern times has the notion of marrying for love gained significant ground.
Regards,