But tell me about the 1850's marriage crisis you referred to: that's of interest to me.
I think the 1850s marriage issue referred to was the issue of polygamy. The writer mentioned the Republican party being involved with marriage. When the Republican Party started, the party opposed two “barbaric” issues: slavery and polygamy.
“We” didn’t create gay marriage, democrat voters did, and everything that has fed the creation of ever more leftwing democrat voters, for instance JFK’s immigration law, and modern immigration and groups who vote democrat today, some of who have been voting democrat since the 1850s, and never changed.
Republican Platform of 1856 “”Resolved: That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign powers over the Territories of the United States for their government; and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism — Polygamy, and Slavery.””