It has to do with reshaping the fundamental value system of our country to the hedonistic, anti-nuclear family vision
that the Left prefers. A world vision of secular humanism.
Anyways, before you go off on me, you asked and I answered. This is why neither side will let go of the issue.
It is a battle for the hearts of the children growing up. Weirdly, that matters to a lot of people - who’d have thunk it?