Scripture is full of passages condemning sexual immorality in Israel and outside of it, in the Old Testament and New Testament, even saying those engaging in these practices will not inherit the kingdom of God (will be cast out). See 1 Cor 6:9-10; Gal 5:19-21; Rev 21:8.

God intends children to be raised in loving homes with a mother and father. His original design is best. Statistics bear this out, showing homes with missing parents, and especially fatherless homes, result in a much higher risk that children will fail out of school, and turn to lives of promiscuity, drugs, crime, and poverty. God hates divorce (Mal 2:16), and can see it in only very limited circumstances; i.e., sexual immorality and adultery (Matt 19:9), abandonment (1 Cor 7:15), and likely serious abuse as an acute form of abandonment (id.), or as violative of greater commands, which should not be endured (for sake of peace, id.). But today’s “no-fault divorce” approach in the West and globally is a direct attack on God’s design. Greater efforts should be made at restoring couples and marriage instead of seeking easy divorces. In broken or single-parent homes, God’s redemptive love and grace can work to help restore broken relationships. He’s a “father to the fatherless, a defender [husband] of widows.” (Ps 68:5).

Domestic violence and sexual abuse in families is another area where violators need to be held accountable and brought to justice. Incest among immediate or close relatives is also a crime in all of Scripture to be punished, as necessary for a healthy society (see Lev 18:7-18; 20:11-21). And healthy families, as God designed, serve as the building blocks of great nations.

Insidious practices of “child brides” and “child marriages” in Asia and other parts of the world are really coverups (attempts to legitimize) serial rape and sex-trafficking of children. Advocates must also work to stop this.