Republicans setting their sights on one of yesterday's generation of issues

Definitely not addressing the next generation of issues.

H.R. 2802

Republicans Setting Sights on Same-Sex Marriage Law.  (The New York Times, 7/17/2015)

As quoted in the above-cited article, edited to show what Rep. Flores is actually saying:

The party's problem in a nutshell.

Republican leaders have found themselves once again caught in a wedge between the conservative sentiments of the majority of their conference and the more liberal social trends in the nation at large.

Related post: 
Meet the Republicans' same-sex marriage meme: "...five unelected judges..."  (6/27/2015)
Panderfest.  (6/27/2015)
Scott Walker's America: Where the right to discriminate is a deeply-held religious belief.  (6/26/2015)