Marriage feedback [inofficial Poll]

[Phe]

Just let people do what they want if it isn't hurting anyone.

so would you also say it's okay to marry more than 1 character?

[Arkine]

so would you also say it's okay to marry more than 1 character?

I'm for this.

[mbncd]

so would you also say it's okay to marry more than 1 character?

I personally believe that it is not religion or law that makes marriage as special as it is to so many people, but rather the exclusivity of it. Saying that one person is special enough to tie yourself to, more special than all others.

However, that is just my personal view of what I have seen while living in a country and culture that only appreciates monogamy in marriage.

There have been many cultures in which polygamy has worked out quite well for them and maintained its special nature.

If there are enough people playing this game that feel polygamy is the norm, or at least generally acceptable, then I would not even think of standing in their way as it would not hurt me or anyone else for them to have this option.

As such, if the vast majority of players are fine with either simply accepting or actively fighting for same sex marriage as an option, I think that that is fine too.

Heck, we could have both SSM and polygamy and I wouldn't really care. If I chose to get married in game (unlikely at best but, hey, maybe) I could marry all of my characters to all of the characters of my partner, regardless of our character's genders, all in one big polygamist wedding. Sounds like fun. *Shrug*

Who really cares? A handful of people who did not attempt to burn down SE for all the same sex Valentines Day kissing that was going on a bit under a year ago? Really? That's who we're going to base this decision around, when they're vastly outnumbered by the players who want and support this option? Let them have their restrictions all they want. They don't have to marry someone until they have definitive legal proof that both avatars and both players are of opposing genders.

But they didn't kick up a fuss against same sex couples for Valentines Day. People were celebrating same sex coupling in that event as it promised great things to come for the future of coupling in the game. Both in this thread and in the game, we've seen what people want.

There will be no way to satisfy everyone but the vast majority of people can be satisfied by simply allowing same sex marriage, and even more will be satisfied if not so much of a fuss is kicked up about it by SE themselves.

All SE had to do was say "we're allowing marriage in the game and have given you guys this great church to do it in. Have fun!" Instead they had to court controversy by making this a debate. It's really quite silly. Just let players make up their own mind of how they want to deal with marriage in the game. Those that wish to pursue it will do so with whoever they want, regardless of an avatar's gender. If someone is against same sex marriage, they'll simply marry that player's mule if their main character is the wrong gender. It's as simple as changing clothes with all of these free character slots we're getting. Those who want to marry their character to an avatar of the same gender can do exactly the same thing, marry a mule if the main doesn't match. Those that really don't give a damn (honestly, probably the vast majority of the player base if divorce is equally an option) can just marry mains or mules or whatever they want. No different from helping your partner choose a shirt you both like.

Avatars are just a set of graphics and no introduction of marriage is going to make those graphics any more significant than they are: pretty pictures to represent the people behind the screens that we care about. Those pictures can be of anything (animals, plants, a pencil) and it really wouldn't have any impact on anything.