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1. True, interracial marriage was illegal at one point. Thankfully, we moved past that. However, interrracial marriage still involved a man and a woman, not two men or two women. Will our society crumble? I don't know. Two men cannot concieve a baby, nor can two women. A growing population is essential for any nation.
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NCB, are you saying that you believe that allowing same-sex marriages will reduce the population?
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2. Wrong. Marriage does have a carved in stone definiton. It was reaffirmed in 1998 un the DOM act, signed gleefully into law by Pres Clinton. Now that brings me back to my question: What is the magic number of "two"? Why not allow polygamy and incestual marriages?
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First of all, DOMA only applies to Federal law. Secondly, that does not make it right. I think Clinton was an asshole for not vetoeing this.
The allegory to race is apt, NCB - the point is, there is a type of marriage (same-sex now, interracial then) that bigots thought was distatasteful and harmful to society, so they tried to ban it. I think those that fought bans on interracial marriage were heroes, and I think those fighting bans on same-sex marriage are heroes.
Please don't insult our intelligence by arguing that supporting same-sex marriage is the same thing as supporting polygamy or incestrual marriage. It isn't, and just because you think there is some link there doesn't mean there is. I'm just supporting same-sex marriage, and though I don't pretend to speak for everyone on this board, I think others supporting same-sex marriage do too. I'd also like to point out that, should the internet have existed in the 1950s, those arguing against interracial marriage would have asked, "why stop at blacks marrying whites? Why not dogs or polygamy?"
And let me ask you a question: why the magic formula of "one man, one woman?" What is so magical about that, as opposed to "two men" or "two women?"