And Biblically speaking, at least in the early church, the local assembly
essentially BECAME family. In large part that was because many of the
believers had been ostracized from the rest of society, what with the Jews of
that day rejecting the claims of Christ and Roman law being subverted. In
fact, they were first called Christians because no one else knew what to call
them — they had come from literally every tribe, race and culture of that
day.

The local church (or global, for that matter) is a sorry substitute for “family.”

It depends on where you get your information — and the political right over the years built an institution that disseminates propaganda to dwarf anything that the “liberals,” including the MSM, can come up with.

I couldn't agree with you more. However, this is a tactic used by those who are obsessed with anti-gay thought in order to attempt to discredit those who don't agree with them.

Until the 1950s extended family, not the nuclear family, was the cultural norm. Most Christians don't realize this because they're already part of an extended family — a local church.

So did the KGB , but that is besides the point.

Some ignorant folks try to lump homosexuality with those categories and they call it “homosexualism.”

Individualism: I agree that we need more sense of corporate character, but individualism is also an important ethos. They must be balanced, but unfortunately I don't know of any theory which accomplishes this. Given a choice between the two extremes, I'll take individualism.

However, as I mentioned in my previous post (see my profile), many conservatives have lost their habit of questioning. This makes them easy targets for tyrants. But it still doesn't follow that all conservative leaders are tyrants.

That said, I honestly don't believe that Donohue speaks for most Catholics. He may speak for some ideologically conservative American priests and bishops who has tasted political power, which is another matter. I think it's telling that Pope Benedict actually hailed Obama's election (but not for ideological reasons).

No, it has to do with American's “rugged individualism,” found even in religion, that is found nowhere else in the world. We have such a high divorce rate despite our “faith” because we emphasize “personal relationship with God” often at the expense of the corporate. Our culture is, basically, “tell us what we want to hear and don't make too many demands on us,” and that doesn't help matters.

I don't think the failure to communicate is anything new , but your understanding of the break down of married partners indeed makes sense. The pooh pooh of the village I believe was more against the messenger then the message .

Strong communities are built by people with strong relationships I believe. Hillary Clinton is a lighting rod for some to gather by the river, and the poster child of everything wrong with the concept of government becoming part of your life without first being asked first.

Relationships have a funny way of being mutual desired for them to be healthy.

Thank God

“Now its not fun to mock the need for moms and dads sticking together anymore , even whites are effected .
I guess that makes secularists get involved .”

Please show me where those Christians who don't agree with Donahue are mocking the need for parents to take care of their children. Please show me concrete evidence that progressive Christians don't care about sex, rape, divorce, and assault issues.

Otherwise, I will have to assume that you are bearing false witness about progressive Christians. Bearing false witness is a grievious sin which goes against one of the Ten Commandments.