Are Christian American Extremist the reason it took Same sex marriage so long to be legalized in the U.S?

[happydolphin]

Mr Khan said:

happydolphin said:

The Roman Empire fell way before the crusades. The fabric of what made the nation strong had torn already long ago. The main and strongest thread was family and discipline.

Not at all. The strong thread for the Romans was their ability to impose cultural hegemony everywhere they went. People they conquered did not give up their old ethnic identities, but they still became simultaneously Roman. As Rome lost that cultural flexibility, so they lost their Empire.

I don't agree. What made Rome strong was their discipline and their family roots. That's what constituted the first 7 kingdoms of Rome and what made them the empire they were. The cultural hegemony was a byproduct of their success, and far from what made them strong.

It's my opinion on it and you're free to disagree.