ancient traditions that have been stable and secure for millennia
You mean, like polygamy ? Or the right of a husband to kill his wife for no good reason ? Or buying a wife ? Those "traditions" involving marriage changed a lot in all those centuries. Claiming something is an "ancient tradition" to oppose change is a red herring.
had essentially zero support from anyone, even gays, a quarter century ago
So did interracial marriage half a century ago.
By opening the door for redefinition, now all other things will have to be recognized as marriage.
That door has always been open. This is why in all free countries of the world, constitutions can be changed when needed. This argument of slipery slope is a fallacy, pure and simple.
marriage will be an empty meaningless concept, except for those few of us who still define it in its traditional form.
Marriage will be full of meaning for anyone partaking in it. Be it between a man and a woman, a man and a man or a woman and a woman. The meaning of marriage is given by the couple, not by others. If don't see meaning on a marriage between people of the same sex, rest assured that that do.
You mean, like polygamy ? Or the right of a husband to kill his wife for no good reason ? Or buying a wife ? Those "traditions" involving marriage changed a lot in all those centuries. Claiming something is an "ancient tradition" to oppose change is a red herring.
So did interracial marriage half a century ago.
That door has always been open. This is why in all free countries of the world, constitutions can be changed when needed. This argument of slipery slope is a fallacy, pure and simple.
Marriage will be full of meaning for anyone partaking in it. Be it between a man and a woman, a man and a man or a woman and a woman. The meaning of marriage is given by the couple, not by others. If don't see meaning on a marriage between people of the same sex, rest assured that that do.