Wow. The writer of this column is incredibly uniformed, uses dialogue out of context, appears to have no understanding of English (how does discipline or submit even closely suggest abuse?) or have a vague idea of what Christianity is about.
I always was of the opinion that news is about unbiased reports and not drafted and published in a pathetically poor manner as this. There are so many flaws in this article, which can be disproved easily from historical evidence to current data... but let's put it this way - a simple example of society's rather backward mindset : Take "God" out of the school curriculum...and today we are faced with massive increases teenage pregnancy, drug use, violence, kids burning down schools, etc". 
If this is your advice on how we modern folk should conduct ourselves, keep your failing system. I'll keep my Jesus