>>perhaps your belief has helped you get through? <<

I was an atheist and depressed to the brink of suicide. Then I put myself in God's hands.

That's a heartwarming story about your family. I can see why you would want the whole world to be like the place where you grew up. It never was. Our neighborhood now is quite nice. People look out for each other. The values you crave still exist everywhere, in pockets I think. I think they have little to do with government policies, or The church. I don't think you can get back to them through politics. Certainly being unkind to Gay people won't do it. It does say in the Bible that Gay men should be put to death. But it also says one should be put to death for touching the skin of a pig. That is what was said during the Ham v Nye debate. The Church of England is becoming more and more tolerant of gay marriage how about you?