Same-Sex Marriages

[Zyrs]

Yes, I know that Galkas are asexual and just considered male. I was making a joke.

SE could have just as easily made them asexual but considered female, with the same character models. I think that would have been incredibly funny, especially if they had given them the female armor models.

Really though, allowing any character to marry any other character isn't going to hurt anyone at all - I know numerous heterosexual couple that play as two mithra or two galka. If it would make it easier for those opposed, they should just think of it as two characters getting married, since it is all just bits and bytes.

[NrvnqsrKhaos]

I'm just saying, it's a heck of a lot easier to mock someone for something they kinda sorta implied that they may have been thinking than doing it for what they actually said.

Maybe Gadane was referring to some sort of cake and happiness gun, that was loaded with Understanding Shells and fired the buckshot we call Respectful Disagreement. You can't say for certain!

[Juri_Licious]

Also another note.

Who even uses the marriage system in this game? 1% of the FFXI population?

[Runespider]

the idea of 'same-sex marriage' is pretty ridiculous in the first place

Marriage in general is ridiculous, as a race we are hard wired to "be with" as many people as possible and this leads to marriages breaking up and/or one cheating on the other (some are better than others at not getting caught). As more time goes on and more things are acceptable marriage will fade even further away in importance, it's just totally silly in a race that's so Promiscuous and a culture that basically accepts it.

A lot of the posts here are trolling so keep that in mind if you get annoyed by them. They do give you an insight of what some people really do believe though and the outrage among hic parents thinking Square is trying to brainwash their kids into being gay would be more hassle than it's worth.

[Mirage]

Ok, i'll stop joking around now :<

I just get really frustrated sometimes you know

[NrvnqsrKhaos]

Dude/tte, I grew up in Kansas. I know these arguments front and back. I know frustration all too well.

I just decided when I was a cool teenager who didn't care about anything that I didn't care about stuff like that.

Now, as a moderately less cool adult, I care about stuff.

[Venat]

Square Enix already tould players they werent gonna do it cus they feel its just werid. Plus Gay's or Lesbains dont exsist in Vana'diel. Only on Planet Earth.

[Ilax]

People lost they mind for sure... As much i respect gay people, i still don't think is NORMAL or let say not natural.

Is maybe normal to have gay experience as every 'animal' in nature do, but to quote the union 'normal' i think some of you just lost they mind. As i say, i respect gay people since is freedom to everyone to choose they sexuality orientation, but at the point to show it publicly and try spread the word: Let all be gay, that to me is wrong.

You have to realize the difference between acceptance and expose everyone to something that is 'not normal' from base. I doubt anyone have realize yet that are kid looking at news, playing this game, see gay parade, and what you think they see into it? They have no clue yet about they sexuality and they are exposed to this.

Is even more shocking to see no hetero doing parade in the street that news can show at TV. So in the end figure the idea child make over they sexuality. For who still don't understand the point of all this, is also acceptable that someone have sex with someone from his family, animal do it, human always did it in many generation, do you really think that would be right to also show this in media everyday?

In the end what i am saying, even if you like do sex with dead people, love have gold shower, and i skip every other 'not normal' sex, i do not care, and i am respecting it, but that do not mean i wan to see it, or wan my kid see it as 'is normal'.

*Edit: I thanks SE to not support gay union, as i thanks canadian govement to have accept gay union. Some might say: WTF?... Think about it, SE gay marriage is symbolic, Canadian Gay marriage is to protect they right, reduce tax they have to pay, and so on, is way more then just spread the word: Let all be gay. But some just never make difference between acceptance and ignorance.

If there wasn't a clear economic advantage to marriage in the form of taxes, insurance, and other legal stuff, it wouldn't be an issue. If civil unions between gay people can give them the same rights, Let's go with that instead, cause it saves the whole "definition of marriage" debate from becoming a clustercluck of angry hens. But from experience, the US has learned "Seperate but Equal" doesn't work so well, and thus here we are

I agree with that, but people have to wake up, game union don't offer such of thing, but more symbolic that expose people/kid to it, that is by far over the acceptance. I am sure no one wan expose they kid to be gay just because is 'cool'...

[Xilk]

Pan Zhang & Wang Zhongxian
There is no record of any marriage. They lived together in a relationship. there is nothing suggesting this is more than another homosexual romance in ancient history. This does not suggest a legal or cultural acceptance of marriage between the 2.

Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
both were married to women and had children and families. They were not married to each other.

but guess you have me on a technicality, I painted the brush a too broadly. Its not completely new idea to have same sex marriage. Guess I was a bit en-passioned about the argument. I really should have known better to think something original was actually thought of.

Apparently Nero thought of it. I wouldn't really want that as my reference though. Thats why it got recorded, there was an insane emperor who thought of it too. There is not clear information on how any practice may have been. Most homosexuality in Rome was for married older men to have younger male 'mistresses' for lack of a better term. (BTW another insane Roman emperor tried to make his horse a Consul and a priest... (Caligula) How can you account for the insanity of Kings and Emperors?)

This rarity hardly gives any credit to the concept.

[Mirage]

Of course it's not normal, only about 10-15% of the population is homosexual or bisexual. Doesn't really matter though, them getting married still doesn't really affect the rest of the world.

Who's talking about a "gay parade" in the game? Do you really think that would be the effects of allowing same sex marriage? In a game where 90% of the girls are actually guys?