Same Sex Marriage

[Draxis_Fallspear]

The best solution is to accept that other people have a different viewpoint and want constructive dicussion on the topic. If you don't wish to participate, please remove your self-righteous self from this topic. Thank you and good day.

[Azurus]

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?

[Loony_BoB]

Treat the game like a country and put up a referendum for Same-Sex Marriage in the game. Booths can be set up at aetheryte camps and whatnot.

[Reika]

Then they should just cancel the marriage idea all together. It's not like there are no female users playing males (either for RP or so that they don't get harassed by libido happy guys), or vice-versa. And it's not like there aren't gay couples playing the game as two characters of different genders. I also haven't really seen any grossly inappropriate PDA in game, so I don't even see why this would offend anyone, other than because they think it isn't right/moral irl!

Alternatively, go with my first suggestion of just making it a "blood brothers" type thing so that anyone who duos regularly can get whatever benefits are associated with it. I don't think that it's fair to give certain users an advantage that others in the same situation cannot get.

I just hope that they announce their plans for it and whatever bonuses are associated with it before ARR actually comes out. That way I can redesign my character to be a female lalafell or something and get married in game to get the bonus xp or items associated (this is based on my experience with other MMOs where an advantage is given to married couples).

On a final note, keep in mind that, in the 50s, we'd be having this discussion around the fact that interracial marriages are not being allowed.

I'm pretty sure there are still a few old fogeys and misguided youngsters that will still have a fit of interracial marrages happen, let alone same sex marrages.

[VanWulfen]

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?

Muh rights.

[Niota]

Straight characters can have marriage and gay characters can have "civil unions". Haha just kidding. Like others said it would've been better if they silently dipped that in there instead of making it a public issue. Besides, I have friends who are coupled IRL (male/female) but both choose to play female characters. It's a fantasy; let any two characters get married to whomever they want.

Maybe they just want housing/tax benefits in-game.

[Azurus]

Muh rights.

I dont know what your trying to say with that. But anyway I hope it either gets allowed or the idea gets scrapped all together so everyone is on equal ground. I just wanna play the game. Im hoping that one day I can log in to this forum and see threads on Crystal tower boss strategies, chocobo raising screenshots, noob questions and loot tables oh and also complaints of course tho not as much as now haha this is a GAME forum after all

[ZakarnRosewood]

Why does it have to be a big deal? they could have put it in and not even said they did it so unless you are looking to have a same-sex marrige then you wouldnt even know. i understand the divisiveness of it but just like having religion its self in a game it is a fantasy game, not reality. i really wish people would stop taking this shit so seriously....

[neorei]

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[Jhanaka]

Hello folks,

This topic has been brought up a number of times and Development has been made aware of all the thoughts and feelings, from both sides. I am going to lock this thread, now, as this has been a hot topic in the past, so we are getting no new opinions.

Thank you for your thoughts and support, but some of the posts may need to be removed after we do a full review of the thread.

-Senior Game Master Jhanaka