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Thanks smooth. I can't say I really expected anyone to answer my question, because I don't believe there IS a difference between the arguments against gay marriage, and the arguments 50 years ago against interracial marriage.
They both seem to boil down to "protecting society". I believe what each argument is/was about is protecting the status quo, and our natural resistance to change.
Whatever your civil rights issue is, the issue is the same: some people have rights others don't have. Whether it's women voting, blacks voting, interracial marriage or whatever, it's all the same. Change is hard, people manufacture reasons it's (whatever the issue) a bad idea, and 50 years later it's seen as idiocy.
No one likes to see themselves as a bigot. It's not a nice label. But the people that didn't think interracial marriage was a good idea didn't see themselves as bigots either. But they were.
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, perhaps it's a duck.
And please, set aside the issues of polygamy, incest and bestiality. They have nothing to do with this issue. They do, however, muddy the water in the way that all waters get muddied. Anything to keep the issue confused.
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