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No Same Sex Marriage In World of Warcraft?

Posted by Zonk on from the i-can't-say-anything-because-i-can't-say-anything-nice dept.

Previously, we discussed a World of Warcraft guild representative getting reprimanded for mentioning same-sex relationships while advertising their organization. The subject hasn't been dropped in the intervening days, with GamePolitics providing an update to the community's reaction. Additionally, a Cathode Tan post links to a supposed discussion with a GM that kind of wrecks their whole equal treatment statement. From that post: "[GM] Anyone can report and we will take appropriate action. While it may seem ok because they are truly a heterosexual couple in real life, in game they are two females. Please keep in mind, you need to worry about the other players. While I do understand where you are coming from, there are those who do not have the maturity"

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  1. And How About Marriage Of EarthlingsTo Martians? by cannuck · · Score: 0, Troll

    And How About Marriage Of EarthlingsTo Martians?

    This game must be administered by a citizen(s) of the Unites States Of America. What a bunch of either of:

    a) relgious zealots/nutcases

    b) immature intellectually impoverished children

    c) money grubbers.

  2. /rolleyes by Wind_Walker · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seriously, are there any among us who don't roll their eyes when things like this come up? It's stupid forum drama, perpetuated by morons who all think that their opinion is the only one that matters.

  3. Re:They *are* allowed to recruit... by Zondar · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'd like to point out something here... EVERYONE here *assumed* that "Aryan" meant "Aryan Nation".

    http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/aryan

    Aryans are a group of people, a race. By making this assumption, you put an entire race of people in the same 'bucket' as a small group of people who believe their race is superior (the Aryan Nation doesn't have the lockhold on this). How is that any different than someone seeing something referencing homosexuality and assuming they're talking about predatory homosexuals whose intent is to 'convert' people or to help them find their 'inner gay'?

  4. Re:They *are* allowed to recruit... by Salgak1 · · Score: 0, Troll
    A Technical Correction.

    Pedophilia is a crime IN THE WESTERN WORLD.

    Gassing people you don't like is a crime IN THE WESTERN WORLD.

    Being Gay/Lesbian/Transgendered is not a crime IN THE WESTERN WORLD.

    Not everyone, or every nation, on the planet feels that way.

    Heck, try preaching Christianity in Saudi Arabia, and see what happens. . . .

  5. It's all fine and dandy by melted · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have no issues with gay marriage. If gays want to fuck each other in the ass - that's their business. My only issue with the whole thing is that I think same sex couples should not be allowed to adopt/raise kids. A kid needs both mother and father, IMO. Otherwise you're just messing him/her up.

    Once we close this threshold - I will do whatever I can to help ban gay marriage for this reason alone.

  6. Re:Blizzard's got some house-cleaning to do by digitalcowboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Depends totally on your definition of "normal". It's completely natural and happens in many many species.

    Depends on your definition of "natural" and "many, many" and also assumes that humans are just animals. I prefer to believe, based on much evidence, that that is an incredibly stupid idea.

    There's no shortage of children on Earth -- the only shortage is of loving parents willing to care for them and raise them.

    There's no real shortage there, either. It's artificial and created by busy bodies that need government to help everyone conform to their idea of what the world should be.

    I should have warned you that I'm an anarcho-capitalist libertarian that can argue every single problem in the world was either caused by government or made much worse by it.

  7. Re:Nominal libertarian by sumdumass · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think the biggest right/privilege/goodie for married couples is the ability to be with your loved one in the hospital.

    This situation can be corected with legal documents before hand. If you or your girlfriend/boyfriend wanted the other there after a proceedure, there exists ways of doing this. You can name the other as a guardian in certain situations or just request the presence of those people before you schedule the operation.

    Another example, my grandfather was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's and will need to go into a nursing home. He didn't marry his girlfriend because it would have messed up their social security (or something, we grandkids only half get the details). The problem is that he'd need to put his house up to get into a nursing home. They co-own the house. If he can't sell half of an occupied house in a certain time period, she'll be forced to sell the whole house and take half of the proceds. If they were married, he could sign it over to her and she wouldn't get kicked to the curb. (Again, I'm not 100% on the specifics, but it's something like that)

    The moral of the story here is that even if they was gay, and gay mariage was legal, your granpa and his girlfriend/boyfriend would still be in this situation because they tried to play the system and got burnt. Depending on the state they live in, if they were married, the other spouse could have been forced to pay a certain percent of the nunrsing home fees or be forced to sell thier home so i'm not sure marriage could have changed the situation much.

    Instead of going to a nursing home, maybe you should suggest they get a reverse mortage and hire a live-in nurse to assist. Then when both of them need a nursing home, they can pass the money to thier hiers and the home is already taken care of. On another note, His girlfriend can just buy the other half of the house or he can gift it to a reletive as long as that transaction lasts a copuple of years before he goes into the nursing home. In essence what we have here isn't a situation were mariage would have changed the outcome much rather lack of planning and an attempt to beat the system caused problems.

    A gay couple will always have that problem without any recourse at all. And of course to complicate things, they'd be insane to put it in one person's name since they have no divorce rights. All I'm saying is the gay marriage issue is about so much more than we generally think about. It's a ton of civil things that only come to mind at the absolute worst times. Times when you've got bigger problems to deal with (like your partner)

    Contract law. Simple as that. Everything you have mentioned can be reasonbly fixed thru contracts and prior planning for both gay and straight couples who don't get married. If you or anyone is thinking of bying a house with another person, you need to consult a qualified lawer and make a contract that deals with all of this. You won't be the first person who has to sell half a house or gone thru a breakup after buying one. Legal les sons have been learned form previous people doing this and lawers can set things up so that it is taken care of. Most people in know of who by a house with someoen they aren't married to do so in the name of a fake corperation or trust and they are either the officers or executers of it. I know of an elderly couple who never married because one would loose thier spouses pention benefits if she remarried. They appointed themselves as guardians over each other in case of medical emergencies. This not only gets them into the hospital when the other is ill, it allows them to consent for treatment on each other.

    I'm not against gays getting married. The problem I have is when they say they are being discriminated against and that rights are being taken away. They have the same rights as anyone else in thie nation does. They can marry a person of legal age and of the oposite sex. As yo