I think we DID know then. But it was packaged as "What's ONE little bad word?" To be followed by extreme nudity, f- as a noun/verb/adjective/conjunction, bloodgoreguts, toilet humor, and now, gay as a hero. That's all the left needed and wanted, one little foot in the door..that's all they ever want. And one inch at a time, they've driven this country just one exit from Hell.
Can't say I disagree with anything you just said.