The Briefing with Albert Mohler Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026 Discussion of Portland passing legal protections for polyamorous households and what that means for definitions of family. Analysis of tactics used to normalize non-monogamy and how change can spread from receptive cities. Reported concerns about possible Iranian sleeper cells, covert operations, and coded communications on U.S. soil.
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Portland Grants Legal Protections To Polyamorous Households
- Portland's city council advanced anti-discrimination protections explicitly covering polyamorous families, allowing suits over housing and employment discrimination.
- Albert Mohler argues this move repudiates civilizational marriage by recognizing households of three or more adults without marriage or genetic ties.
Legal Phrase "Romantically Or Otherwise" Broadens Family Definition
- The ordinance defines protected families as groups of adults "romantically or otherwise tied together under one roof," collapsing prior definitions tied to marriage or parentage.
- Mohler highlights the phrase "romantically or otherwise" to show the law could protect nonromantic households or economic co-ops living together.
Transgender Activist Living In Non Romantic Household
- Mohler reads an example of a transgender activist living in a "non-romantic family structure" with three other transgender women and two toddlers.
- He uses the example to illustrate how recent family forms would be hard for past generations to explain.