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06/04/2009
Gay Marriage Legal in 'The Sims 3'
Lyle Masaki at AfterElton tested the new version of The Sims to see if gays and lesbians could get married like any other couple. He reports: "...after a week of game time, I was able to get a male couple to plan a wedding party and tie the knot."
Posted 11:06 AM EST by Andy Towle in Gay Marriage, News, Video Games | Permalink
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Yay! Congrats 0011001010 and 1100100100!
Posted by: Ted | Jun 4, 2009 11:19:48 AM
They're getting married in the woods. Was this like a pagan thing? Was the officiator a lesbian high priestess with a stick?
Posted by: crispy | Jun 4, 2009 11:21:50 AM
People still play The Sims?
Posted by: wisebear | Jun 4, 2009 11:34:40 AM
That's sort of adorable.
Posted by: raf | Jun 4, 2009 12:05:09 PM
How long, I wonder, until someone creates a "Prop 8" software update patch?! :-/
In the meantime, congrats to the virtual couples out there in cyberspace! ;-)
Posted by: John S. Hall | Jun 4, 2009 12:05:30 PM
To note, the Sims 2 allowed Same-Sex marriage too :-).
Posted by: CJJD | Jun 4, 2009 12:12:33 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but.... Is that Adam Lambert?!
Posted by: Cheryl Glenn | Jun 4, 2009 1:05:58 PM
Gays are also allowed to join the military...
Posted by: Steve | Jun 4, 2009 1:20:14 PM
The question is..does the game called it "joined" or "married"?
Cause in The Sims 2, they could get "joined", but it was never called marriage.
Posted by: Devon | Jun 4, 2009 1:42:06 PM
LOL at Cheryl, I thought it was Adam too!
Posted by: RONTEX | Jun 4, 2009 2:35:34 PM
To be fair, same-sex couples have been allowed in the game from the start. I seem to recall an article years ago where Wil Wright (creator of the Sims) said something about an internal discussion on what kinds of romantic relationships would be allowed in the game: same-sex, yes!; adult/child, no. (I'll see if it's available online somewhere.)
Incidentally, the game's publisher, Electronic Arts, has a pretty good track record on how it treats its LGBT employees according to HRC's Corporate Equality Index.
Posted by: Fredo | Jun 4, 2009 3:18:26 PM
DEVON: it is called married in Sims 3, although there is a hack for Sims 2 for marriage instead of joined. It also has a note next to Sims to see how they're related to one another. Two married male Sims are referred to as husbands & boyfriends, etc.
Posted by: Morgan | Jun 4, 2009 6:41:57 PM
A male couple married after only one week?
Well the time-frame is definitely in heterosexual mode.
Posted by: Ryan | Jun 4, 2009 8:59:13 PM
OK now...
Turn the computer off and GO OUT.
Posted by: Nonplussed | Jun 5, 2009 11:01:37 AM
Gay marriage was legal in The Sims 2 as well (which came out 5 years ago)....this is not something new!
Posted by: dana | Jun 5, 2009 1:26:12 PM
Witch is better Sims 2 or 3 for Gay marige.
Posted by: Deathnoteno1fan | Jun 28, 2009 11:35:39 PM