Same-Sex Marriages

[Alhanelem]

F*x N*ws

I see what you did there.

Thing is, who watches, or at least who believes, anything they see on Fox, after they fought for and won the legal right to lie on the air?

[Mirage]

More like Faux news, amirite

[Zazhi]

Hmmm, Can Galkas not marry at all? I was under the impression they were considered Male. And it doesn't matter, no one cares about the Galkas.

excuse me ...
... and btw: I am female

[Mirage]

Wouldn't you have liked to marry a hume male, Zazhi?

[Alhanelem]

Can Galkas not marry at all?

Galka are treated as male for the purpose of weddings. They can marry any females.

[Alkalinehoe]

Galka are treated as male for the purpose of weddings. They can marry any females.

Thanks, that was my question.

So Galkas are considered Male.

[Juri_Licious]

This topic should probably be closed.

[Alkalinehoe]

This topic should probably be closed.

Why is that?

[Xilk]

Really? So is that why in many manga there are gays and lesbians? You are aware of the fact that Japan believes in homosexual love, right? This was put to make sure that their consumers for the game are not offended. This way they make money, without having to deal with unnecessary lawsuits and politics about an MMO where lesbians and gays are in it. Besides, it's an online GAME. Get out into the real world if you want to do something with the same sex. You're fussing over the fact that 1's and 0's can't "legally" get digitally married. And you are aware that Japan is a completely different Country, and has entirely different laws, yes? So you saying "Unconstitutional" is completely irrelevant, the U.S. constitution has absolutely nothing to do with them.

Most homosexual romances in Japan are consumed by a female audience. It is largely presented as a 'more equal romance' that is desired by women in Japan who feel a great divide in equal rights between men and women in relationships in Japan.
The remaining stories are mostly comedies making fun of homosexuality.

Sure the stories are there, but they are like so many teenagers dating someone from the other side of the tracks... they don't often bring them home to meet mom and dad.
Also, it takes very few people to publish an idea. Depending on the presentation more than the content, Masses will pay lip service to it. Very few will internalize and accept it.

A game is a game is a game. I wish people would stop pulling out the real life card and actually contribute some worthwhile discussion.

A game is not just a game any more than a book is just a book or an essay is an essay. The media and ideas you consume or just dwell around shape attitudes, beliefs and choices. It is very naive if this is not understood in online culture. That is why it matters.
Often people live in idealogical microcosms. It could be a small town factory or church. It could be a University. It could be the business executives elite in the downtown metro area. Inside the microcosm it is thought "Well, everyone thinks this way!"
Guess what. Its not true. Sometimes its just the loud ones that no one is arguing with. Sometimes everyone in the microcosm does think the same way... but thats why they are a microcosm. Guess what, every county is a microcosm too. It is surprising to find the beliefs that are held "universally true" (no I"m not refering to religion at all, just life) in once culture and completely opposite from those in another culture.
A mild and safe example that jumps to mind is what I consider a japanese superstition: If you eat too many peanuts, you will get a nosebleed.
Its just a little myth. Plenty of these in any culture, but it surprised me alot while living in Japan. It seemed quite silly to me. However it is quite easily accepted in Japan as a minor medical knowledge.

Same-sex marriage is not about providing freedom for a small group. It is about depriving freedom for a large one.
Individual choices are one thing. Changing laws and policies is quite another. That is when you are imposing will upon others.

[NrvnqsrKhaos]

Same-sex marriage is not about providing freedom for a small group. It is about depriving freedom for a large one.
Individual choices are one thing. Changing laws and policies is quite another. That is when you are imposing will upon others.

How does same sex marriage deprive freedom from anyone? I'm not following this train of thought at all. Making marriage more inclusive does not harm people who are already married, or in the group of people who were alreadyable to get married. No will is imposed upon anyone, because nothing has changed for anyone except gay people.