Marriage Quest finally on the horizon! Yay!

[Dijana]

That's the point, if they allow something as ridiculous as lalafells marying highlanders or roegadyns then not allowing same sex marriages is completely stupid. There's no lore excuse for it, they just dont want to because they are afraid it might stir controversy.

I think being afraid of stirring controversy is a very good reason to not allow it. Don't misunderstand me, I support same-sex marriage and I hope it's included, but it becomes a little awkward including these things for a company this size. FFXIV already failed once and they certainly wouldnt want bad publicity because some homophobic crazies could have a fit over it. Every single person working on this game could be fine with it, but you know there are people out there that love to distort and abuse video games over anything they can. I remember when Mass Effect came out for example, there were people calling for it to be banned for it's 'interactive sex scenes' when...that wasnt even a thing in it. Can you imagine the way those same people could react to this?

'Online video game supports gay pedophilia' and shows a roe married to a lala, they'll probably claim the game lets you play as a child and supports devil worship.

Edit: I will also add I really dont know how same-sex relationships are treated in japan. Maybe they're more open, maybe they're much more conservative which puts even more pressure onto them not to do it