Denominational Christianity has no use for Jesus. Denominational Christianity relies on ideas, and Jesus went about refuting ideas. In order to hide this fact, the denominations rely on saying that Jesus had merely "radical" ideas about things like the family. Of course, the truly "radical" notion Jesus had about the family was the notion that the family is illegitimate.
Jesus knew that we are all family, and that the only truly "family" things that we do reflect the kinship of all humankind. If all humankind are kin, then the concept of "the family" is meaningless. The denominations cannot accept this, and rely instead on saying that Jesus had "radical" teachings about our duties to our fellow human beings. No. Jesus had radical teachings about human beings themselves. Human beings are all kin, and all kin are essentially one. Our fellow human beings are closer to us than family, the family being a concept of separation as well of inclusion.
Christianity will not accept this, though Christians will pay lip service to the kinship of humanity, or engage in gestures of support for persons as persons. Always, though, such episodes are separated and pressed down by the impetus of religious organizations being borne along by attaching themselves to the worldly institution of the family. "All men are brothers" will be the refrain, and then the moment or holiday or episode will pass, and the grinding, perpetuated pattern will reassert itself, as if to say:
"Well, that was fun. Now let's get back to our real business: clamping down on immigration, illegal and otherwise, and lobbying for deportation of adults and children, even if this causes (or results in) their separation. Only in this way (regrettable as it might seem) can we do our religious duty of the highest order: protecting Christian families in this Christian country."
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