It's Friday, February 20th, 2006. I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Every once in a while, there's a development in the media, an article, an argument. It catches our attention because it raises creation order issues, but it sometimes does

so in a context which threatens something that is extremely intimate. It's not just something

vast, big structural issues in society. Sometimes it gets down to the smallest part of society,

the most basic foundational part of society, marriage and children, parenting, and children.

Sometimes the relationship between parents and a child, sometimes between a mother and her baby.

That's what shows up in a recent article that appeared in the New York Times.

And it's one of those that sneaks up on you, because when you look at the editorial page

in the New York Times, you're not looking for breastfeeding.

But it turns out that that's political too.

And it's also a part of the moral revolution all around us.

Really, really interesting.

The headline in this article is,

The Secret to Marriage Equality is Formula.

All right.

This is even more interesting than I thought it might be. The secret to marriage

equality we are told is baby formula. Okay, you know this is going to be an interesting article.

Quote, every new parent instantly learns that feeding is paramount. This is written by Nona Willis

Aronowitz, who's identifies a writer, a critic, and editorial director of the site known as the Meteor.

Again, every new parent instantly learns that feeding is paramount to continue, quote,

it's entwined with sleep, soothing, the fundamental process of becoming attuned to your baby.

Perhaps that's why breastfeeding, whatever its pluses, can kick off an undesirable, often stubborn imbalance between parents, one that extends beyond the act of feeding.

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