That's a much better summary than mine. ^^
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"Um, that'll do, thanks..."
Besides, no one actually cares that this is a necro thread. Go play somewhere else.
http://static.quickmeme.com/media/social/qm.gif yep its time to end it
This will be a hard decision for SE to make, because regardless of what route they chose, there will be negative feedback from some people.
I still think they should have just added SSM without saying a word. Did they make a big fuss with same sex publicly kissing couples in the valentines event? No. Did people kick up a fuss? No. SSM is kind of taken for granted in games these days, but then someone makes a fuss and it gets over thought and blown way out of proportion.
So what if two avatars happen to be the same gender? Maybe they're played by people of different genders.
So what if characters are of different genders? They could be played by people of the same gender.
It really doesn't matter. Just let people do what they want if it isn't hurting anyone.