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"How do you suppose a wedding between 2 men can be arranged such that it balances (1) respect for the incredible importance of marriage as a social institution, ..." -- You respect the feministic destruction of this social institution, not the destroyed social institution. And it was a destruction perpetrated (by the feminists you're following) in a spirit of loathing and cruel violence.

"... (2) acknowledgement of differing comfort levels of attendees of a "gay wedding, ..." -- They will either maliciously enjoy their contribution to social ruin and their participation in feministic mockery of natural law or they will feel resentful disgust -- resentful because expressions of disgust are forbidden.

"... and (3) willingness to celebrate an inherently relatively novel manifestation of the institution in a manner befitting to us, the couple?" -- You will not be manifesting any institution other than the anti-institution of antinomian ritual-orgy.

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The tradition is surely to get married to some woman and have kids then go secretly cruising on the side. Easier than ever now.

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I like to think Moldbug deliberately picked this question because of that one guy's comment on the last one.

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Yup, I vote Seal and David Blaine wedding.

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Hah, my family tradition (which I followed) is also City Hall. I would chalk it up to my parents getting married in the USSR, but it was unusual even for the Soviet folk. In fact, the traditional Soviet wedding isn’t too different from that described in The Ancient City (I actually found that part of the book really creepy - WTF, the prehistoric Indo-European culture is still alive and well, and will likely never fully die out).

I think this City Hall tradition is due to the extreme atomicity of some modern families. You call it the “trad life”, but, IMO, it isn’t really. It’s just the natural state of people that grow up untethered from “the community”.

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Thanks for mentioning Oriana Fallaci - I have never heard of her before, and after I read her story, I want to read what she’s written, too.

And, of course, the Pope in this story is the only based Pope of the last century - Benedict XVI. Couldn’t have been anyone else

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This is so wrong, as proved by your own Three Layers. If we honor the Three Layers, we have:

Gentry: Do whatever you want, but don't frighten the horses.

Commoners: Stick to boy-girl weddings. Tradition.

Clients: Just get married, please. For the children.

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> Obviously I am not gay. Or if I am, I don’t know I am

That's exactly what a deeply closeted gay man would say.

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