Dissent Of The Day

A reader writes:

Walker writes (and you quote):

"Race and gender restrictions shaped marriage during eras of race and gender inequality, but such restrictions were never part of the historical core of the institution of marriage."

Huh?  "Race and gender restrictions shaped marriage during eras of race and gender inequality…?"  Um, there were no such "eras" unless he's really speaking of one era: all of recorded history.  For there never was a time when gender did not matter in marriage. ...