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Being gay still has a negative stigma in some places, but the world has come a long way from where it was not all that long ago. Videogames seem to be lagging behind a bit, since developers are wary of possibly alienating a portion of their fan base by making games that feature homosexuality. With that said, does anyone else have Skyrim? While the marriage system is pretty basic, and there's no "love-story" behind the choices you can make, the game does allow you to marry quite of few NPC's of either gender, regardless of your own. There are some games that do feature same sex relationships, but this is the first majorly (or rather, HUGELY) mainstream game I'm aware of (mind you I game casually, so I could very well be wrong) that allows such choices and doesn't make any extra bones about it. There's no extra pomp and circumstance for two men or two women marrying than if it's a straight couple, which I think is the best way to do it. The goal in real life after all is to be accepted as equal, and I think even with as simple as the system in the game is, it looks good on Bethesda for taking such a simple step. Any thoughts?