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Something this thread made me curious about:
How are gay marriages viewed to other cultures? The US has made such a huge issue about this lately that I haven't heard one thing about other countries or cultures in a long time. (Not trying to make excuses for SE's choice, but...) did they choose it because they had other cultures to consider?
Its not like the game is promoting family values, so I'm not sure personally why they chose to limit marriage to opposite genders (I'm a female, I have a galka, ha!). I mean, do we want kids running around stabbing bunnies with daggers? I think not! I actually think they shouldn't have added weddings in the first place.
Canada is 65% in favor of gay marriage.
Netherland well... try a guess ;P
Mostly all religions are against gay marriage because of one belief that is present in most of them, i.e. "You need to reproduce". So most religious cultures are against it. The most extremist religion toward them are Islam and Voodooism though. The religious based Islamic governments simply execute homosexuals, while voodooism socially isolate them.
Most saxons culture are against it.
Most latins culture are for it (except Italians, but then Roma is close which explain it). In ancient Greece, the citizens' children would get sexually educated i na very unique way. Young girls were sent to an island (I forgot the name of it) and get taught the way of sex. For young boys, the family would ask someone they trusted (a man) to give course to their son, not theorical course. ^-^ However homosexuality was not tolerated, as it would go against family, bisexuality for males was decently common though. For romans... well... everyoens heard of their orgies I'm sure.
Now the surprising part. Japaneese have a very developped homosexual culture. For a good example, watch the movie Taboo. It's a Japaneese movie about homosexual life in the Samurai society. It's quite disturbing to watch but still. Also, in ancient times, the emperor used to have a little boy at his service called bishonen (young boy), should I say special services. I don't know much about their present politics toward it.
I don't know about other Asian cultures nor South American ones.
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