Takedown : From Communists to Progressives, How the Left Has Sabotaged Family and Marriage

We are witnessing a watershed moment in American cultural history: the sabotaging of family and marriage. Extreme-left radicals have made their arguments and tried different tactics, from the early nineteenth century to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, but at long last they have the vehicle to make it happen: gay marriage. Now, as the legal definition of marriage rapidly changes, the floodgates are open, and the fundamental transformation of the American family will take on new speed and new dimensions. Efforts to redefine the family structure have been long at work, and there have been some influential forces on the far left and communist left that cannot and should not be ignored in that process. In Takedown Paul Kengor exposes these origins, starting with Karl Marx, and traces them through the sordid history of people like Margaret Sanger, Wilhelm Reich, Herbert Marcuse, and assorted '60s radicals. What were once fringe concepts have become accepted by mainstream thought and are today welcomed by many legislators and judges. Kengor notes how in the not-so-distant past, today's leftists who are attacking traditional marriage would have loudly raised their voices but not caused any real damage. They would have been dismissed with no serious concern as left-wing cranks, crackpot German and Austrian atheistic philosophers and campus agitators. But now, with formal legalization of same-sex marriage afoot, they are getting what they’ve wanted for generations: the literal redefinition of the family. Takedown exposes how gay marriage is serving as a Trojan horse for the far left to secure the final takedown of marriage that it has long wanted, and countless everyday Americans are oblivious to the deeper forces at work. Takedown takes no prisoners and bluntly shows the reader that even Karl Marx and his more anti-marriage comrade Engels would be dumbfounded at the mere thought that modern Americans would gladly join them in their rejection of God's design for natural marriage and the family. We Are Witnessing A Watershed Moment In American Cultural History. As The Legal Definition Of Marriage Rapidly Changes, A Fundamental Transformation Of The Family Is Fast Assuming New Dimensions. Extreme-left Radicals Have Helped Pave The Way For A Cultural Revolution That Takes Down The Traditional Family Unit. Paul Kengor, Author Of The New York Times Bestseller The Communist, Traces The Roots Of The Anti-family Movement Through The Sordid History Of Socialists And Communists - People Like Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Margaret Sanger, Wilhelm Reich, Herbert Marcuse, And Assorted 1960s Radicals. He Articulates How Onetime Fringe Concepts Have Become Accepted By Mainstream American Thought And Are Now Welcomed By Legislators And Judges - A Reality That Would Have Shocked By Delighted These Radical-left Forebearers. -- From Back Cover. Introduction -- Early Communist And Socialist Movements On Family And Marriage -- Marx's Disciples -- Theorists, Thinkers, And Practitioners -- Communist Marriage -- Margaret Sanger's Russian Romance -- Margaret Mead And Friends -- Fighting The Satanic Scourge Of Communism -- The Voice Of Sheen -- Cultural Marxism And The Frankfurt School -- The World Of Wilhelm Reich -- Herbert Marcuse's New Left -- The '60s And The New Left Marxist-feminists -- Smashing Monogamy : The Weathermen's Sexual Revolutionaries -- The Red Family -- Obama's Mentor : Frank Marshall Davis -- Communists And Homosexuality -- The Gift Of Gay Marriage -- All Aboard! : Communists Embrace Gay Marriage -- With Gratitude To Mr. And Mrs. Mainstreet -- Endnotes. Paul Kengor, Ph.d. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.