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Twitter, on Monday calling for lawmakers to "Make gay marriage illegal again."Josh Schriver a Republican who has represented Michigan's 66th District since 2023 stated: "This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme," after calling for a repeal of same-sex marriage rights across the country.Make gay marriage illegal again.This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme.Schriver, who describes himself as 'Michigan's most conservative state representative,' has also been a vocal backer of other Republican causes, including cosigning on bills to bar trans athletes from school events and has supported putting doctors who perform abortions in jail.After expressing his views on same-sex marriage, he then posted a clip of former President Barack Obama, who was in the Oval Office when the Supreme Court ruled on the Obergefell v. Hodges case legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, speaking at a debate for his Senate seat in 2004.In the clip of his speech posted by Schriver, which was given 20 years ago, Obama says: "I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman."Schriver captioned this video: "20 years ago, Barack Obama was more conservative on marriage than many Republicans today."America only "accepted" gay marriage after it was thrusted into her by a perverted Supreme Court ruling."America 2124 doesn't have to be as dysfunctional as America 2024."ORDER! ORDER!"In response to Schriver, Michigan's Democratic attorney general Dana Nessel posted to X, saying: "Please explain how dissolving my marriage, or that of the hundreds of thousands of other same-sex couples living in America, provides a benefit to your constituents or anyone else.