We're talking about gay marriage, not interracial marriage. The conflating of the two is tired and inacurate, a real grasp... that misses.
Why's that? Legal consenting adults being barred from marrying the person they love.
No one is talking about rolling anything back, just not granting special rights.
But interracial marriage by your definition is a special right. Blacks were free to marry any other blacks they chose, same goes for whites.
Not the state; We The People have already decided this issue. A number of times.
So if the people of a state support it (or better yet, a local municipality), you're ok with that?
Doesn't make sense that the gay lobby refuses to get the message and keeps pushing anyway with disregard for democracy. Gays are free to move to Europe if that is how they want to live. Why must we change in order to accomodate them?
Society changes over time. Apparently support for gay marriage is on the up. Guessing the next generation won't care (bigger issues obviously).
How does no gay marriage harm you?
Doesn't harm me any, but friends. Personally, I think the state shouldn't be involved in marriage at all.
No such thing has been "proven". That other armies didn't collapse when they had gay forced on them is hardly a valid argument. Besides, we're talking about the US here, not Lib Europe. The matter of DADT should be put to a vote of active duty troops and the results written in stone. Any attempts to repeal after that should bring jail time.
It has been proven in other militaries, where the exact same argument was made. It's not the US military, but same argument. Keep in mind, it's not European countries, but "Lib" countries like Russia, Czech Republic, Argentina, Taiwan, Israel...
Let combat troops vote on it with proper background. Most of those guys have served with gay troops from fellow NATO armies with no issue. I think you'd see that the guys in the field worry about completely other issues.