So you’re thinkin’ the Russian revolution that led to the formation of the Soviet Union happened this year?
No, but with an incendiary title like "The Russian Effort to Obliterate Marriage" with nothing to indicate that the article is 80 years old, it is extremely misleading. And while I might know the history, there are obviously several posters here who didn't read carefully enough to notice the date!
Clue: Don't assume that every poster or lurker is going to read every word of an article -- or in many cases, even read the article at all-- before making assumptions and comments on the subject. It's those of us who DID read it that are commenting on the fact that the date should have been more prominent -- especially to illustrate "the similarities between the state of marriage the US and that of 1926 Communist Russia", you say was your major point.