Well, it kinda looked to me like you were saying that gay representation crowded out the showing of straight marriages, which was untrue not only generally but in this specific image as well. I may have jumped to a conclusion from there, but it wasn't really that far of a reach.
It's still jumping to conclusions. My beliefs are my own and I tend to refrain from pressing them upon others. I'm not against them writing a comic with gay marriage, that would be stupid. I'm annoyed by how often it's pushed in our faces as the "pinnacle of love" or somesuch.
And I disagree with the big deal you're making of it. It seems akin to a bachelor arguing that the married couples shown here are pandering to those supporting a non-single lifestyle.
Big deal? I literally made a comment on a reddit thread... how is that making a big deal? And I don't really see your second point, hope that my first paragraph helps clear up any confusion there.
Is there a more well-known non-straight couple you'd like to have been featured? Neither Marvel nor DC have a wide selection in this regard.
That's my point, it isn't needed to be represented. There are tons of other groups they've left out of this panel, the notion of "all-inclusive" doesn't hold up to scrutiny here, so that argument is invalid.
The Northstar/Kyle marriage may have been created to capitalize on public interest, but so have a great many concepts and stories in comic book history. Hal & Barry came back because DC was pandering to silver age fans. Batman was only created because National Comics wanted a hot take on the pulp genre.
Appealing to history isn't an argument, we're talking about this panel, not things done in the past.
In addition to that? the marriage issue, which granted got a huge PR push, was the 12th most-selling issue of its month (non-digital, in the US), and I'm willing to bet GLAAD and its likes didn't buy the lion's share of those 80K+ issues.
Sure, that one issue. And you already mentioned that it got a huge PR push. People aren't against homo-marriage. That's fine, that's not the point I'm trying to make.
I'm saying that it's annoying to have this scene pushed in our faces almost every single time there's a splash page. That's all. Just that: I'm tired of seeing it, personally.