![]() Parts of ancient China had traditions of same-sex unions. Same-sex marriage on the same terms as opposite-sex marriage was fairly commonplace in ancient Mesopotamia. Emperors Elagabalus and Nero - while hardly good role models - both married men publically in Elagabalus' case, with the approval of his people. ![]() The Bible accuses the Canaanites and Egyptians of sanctifying same-sex marriages. There is evidence of same-sex marriages performed by early Christians. ![]() It's not like it's less historical than some of the things that are already in the game, and with regards to mods, that's irrelevant anyway. Who are these people who are totally cool with marrying your granddaughter and fathering five children by her who you then eat, but would refuse to buy the game if it let gays marry? Do they exist? So what gives? Why all the other improvements in representation, but still this apparently intentional omission? Why even insinuate in the script that it should be possible to remove the opposite sex check and then hardcode out the possibility? Is it to appease repressive governments or avoid controversy? That seems unlikely, given that I doubt those governments or the people that'd get their panties in a twist over gay marriage would approve of players getting an achievement for breeding a character with only two unique great-grandparents either. I can't fathom why this decision was made. Let's not have two steps forward, one step backward on representation.
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