I just want to say this once, and have the devs give it some serious thought before they start deciding how to approach this situation.
I saw in the guild vids on youtube how there was some support for SS* romancing of characters, SS interactions, etc. First and foremost, SS has no place in the SW galaxy. In all of the books, in all of the movies, in all of the comics, in all of the games, not one SS relationship is portrayed.
One reason ppl love everything SW is because of the awesome story line and huge lack of contradictions. Yes, the older original books didn't follow each other well because a committee hadn't been set up to regulate the storylines and make sure the authors stayed as close to the facts as possible.
If the continuity of the saga is going to continue then Bioware needs to stick with the present lore, or the game will start to lack the epic proportions of a continuous, uncompromised story like SW is atm.
So I just want to put out there that just b/c there is a huge push for SS in everything in our culture shouldn't mean that we dilute and diffuse the awesome nature of the SW galaxy. SS was never present in the SW books, movies, comics, games, so why should it start now?
This shouldn't be just a simple question of how much time it will take to change convos, this needs to be a down to the grit and story of SW, are you willing to compromise the story and lore of SW for the sake of the few who don't know the lore of SW or don't want to think about the consequences of this change in the SW galaxy.
For those of us who enjoy the depth of the lore in SW, please don't change the game, it would diffuse most of what makes the SW galaxy so epic, LORE.
this isn't a bashing session, i meant no offense to anyone, i'm merely stating that in SW, SS is nonexistant.
*(for clarification, SS is used as meaning GLBT interactions)