Marriage shouldn't be in the game at all. All it does is invite real world problems in to a video game. These debates are better had in the real world where they actually can make a difference, not just litter a game people use to escape reality with socio-political battles. Real life problems should never have to follow you in to a video game and it is sad that they do.

I am all for gay marriage in the real world, and if SE really HAD to add marriage I really wish they would have silently made it all encompassing without singling out gay marriage....cause look now what we have. Their handling of this situation opened up the doors to allow all the real world strife to flood in to it and it no longer becomes an escape, just another socio-political vehicle.

They had to options to either omit it completely or just add it with no restrictions silently. As they have already screwed up number 2 I feel its best to just scrap it while they can to prevent ruining a game, where your real life really shouldn't matter, and you should be able to "live" in a world free of the chains tying down society for at least a few hours of your day. We have all day everyday to battle politics, but a video game is the one escape a lot of us have. Is it too much to just slay dragons and get loot anymore? Why is marriage necessary in a game?