As Holy Week begins in 2026, the condition of the American family remains deeply sobering. Decades of radical individualism, no-fault divorce laws shattering lifelong covenants, welfare policies disincentivizing marriage, feminist ideology branding biblical masculinity as toxic, and Big Tech algorithms replacing human connection with screens, pornography, and isolation have severely weakened the family unit.
A structure once serving as the bedrock of American society.
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