Marriage feedback [inofficial Poll]

[Twiddle]

Calling it something different DOES change things. If it's not called marriage and it's not explicitly romantic in nature then most wouldn't have reason to dislike it. Also if they don't make it an issue for themselves again, most won't notice.

As I've said before, Valentione's Day was more "controversial" than the above suggestion. It was explicitly romantic and same sex couples were not restricted. I didn't see a slew of "I QUIT!" threads on here because of it. I don't recall even seeing a single complaint over it. Most were overjoyed that SE had decided to not restrict it.

Edit [I say potato, you say (名) 马铃薯; 土豆, they say kартоф... still means potato regardless of language.] AS well i do agree with you had SE said nothing it would have been smooth sailing.

Well that's what we are both agreeing on, during the Valentione's Day event or any other event's no one said anything because SE didn't say anything. So things were as smooth as can be, and no one would be the wiser. If SE simply said "marriage will be available in a patch after 2.0 is out" and ended it at that. They could have had SS in there as well and no one would make a fuss at all. Heck even a year after the fact no one wold care. But they opened the discussion door, and gave way for public light. I can't see this ending well.

Analogy was simply something that came to mind, don't read to much in to it.!!

[RoxyLalonde]

I say kick in the teeth, you say punt in the teeth, they say a boot in the teeth! 3 ways of saying that a foot will come in to contact with someone's teeth. AS well i do agree with you had SE said nothing it would have been smooth sailing.

That... is a fairly offensive analogy considering the context of the current discussion...

[Arcell]

That... is a fairly offensive analogy considering the context of the current discussion...

Yeah. While I don't think he was implying anything, he could have chosen a better analogy lol.

The way I see it is if you take away the word "Marriage" you take away all of the negative connotations that holds. Those who would like to keep a specific definition of marriage can keep doing that, no matter how much anyone disagrees with it. If they create a system with a new name and its own background/lore then you can get around the "delicate issue". In addition to that, as other have suggested, it doesn't have to be explicitly romantic. If it can hold any number of meanings then you're not really going against anyone's beliefs.