Marriage feedback [inofficial Poll]

[Loggos]

I was just wondering - because I never checked out any reports about it - if a successful game like the Sims series has been condemned and economically damaged because you can have same gender relationships there too and since it's real life simulation you can do much "worse" things than you could possibly to in FFXIV (like hecking the bed together).
Like I said, I wonder about this because I have no idea (not saying that there was no opposal) so I'd like to know. Other than that even if there are, I think Sims is still quite successful at least in the Western world I guess (no idea about other cultural areas), probably because it's not the main feature of the game. It's just a side option and I've never met a person that was bugged by this but that's just entirely personal experience!

And about magic, it is condemned too in very strict groups. I remember even the Pope once said that Harry Potter is a subtile temptation to today's youth... :/
And no, not every religious person condemns fantasy! I know quite a lot who love fantasy on the other hand.
I'm just giving this example because there will most likely always be people who will feel offended by something or condemn and oppose to it. But I suppose the group of people who like fantasy are just so big that there is no economic disadvantage even if people condemn it.
On the other hand the sgm is not even a main feature. It is a tiny bit in this huge game. It's not like it determines the game.
To me the main goal is still to beat up some evil monsters and to experience a mind-blowing story (and still I use so many words on this - I'm scared of myself xDD).


That being said (and asked) I don't think that the majority of this thread wants to force a view on others (at least I don't :| so if you feel like I do, I'm sorry. It's not my intetion!).
I just think stating arguments and counter arguments is not automatically forcing a view on another person (referring to all sides of the discussion and as long as it stays well-mannered I guess!).
And I also think if people ask for something that permitts more freedom then it's not really forcing a life style on people because whether I choose to have an ingame same gender marriage that doesn't mean someone else has to do so. Forcing would be if I demanded everyone would have to get same gender married or different-gender married...
(I'd like to "marry" my friend who is male irl but of course plays a female miqote. :P )

Ok, the last part is more of a social theory and I understand that SE's consindering the economical one.
Still I think it would be sad (personally) because to me their decision is still some kind of symbol but I guess I love the game too much to leave it just over this issue.

Maybe the idea of a substitute like handfasting or bounding is really a better option.
I also think that they should either leave it out entirely or allow it for everyone.
Not only because of LGBT respect but because, come on, we all know that there are far more guys playing girls for aesthetic than girls playing boys so if friends of different rl gender want to have an ingame wedding the chances are quite high that both chars are females due to the miqote love (nothing wrong with miqotes though ).