Wonder Woman Officiates Same-Sex Wedding in "Sensation Comics"

[Joe Kalicki]

DC has been doing really well with LGBT rep lately, imo, but I still kind of feel like this is a non-story. No one with any understanding of Wonder Woman as a character would think that she's a bigot, so this pretty much boils down to "Yay, DC acknowledges that gay people exist." Nice sentiment, but not exactly world shaking news.

DC has long been the industry leader in LGBT representation.

[JanArrah]

What’s the “authority” angle here?
Is Wonder Woman/Diana a Justice of the Peace? Elected official? Ordained minister? (Greco-Roman pagan church?) Just curious….

You can get a license to marry people over the internet in 5 seconds. Anybody can do it. Not to mention that anyone can actually officiate the wedding, if all the legal paperwork is done ahead of time or if they were pre-married by a justice of the peace and this is just the show wedding.

As for the book itself.. I'm fine with this.. but did we HAVE to go the old tried and true "All Amazons are lesbians and that's why we're cool marrying lesbians" route. Yes.. Themyscira is populated by women, but just because it's populated by women doesn't mean they're all off having orgies and getting married. While there may be a few Amazons that are homosexual, it doesn't need to be treated like it's a common thing that happens every day. It's not a prison, it's a population of women who just all live on an island together. They're sisters.. If Themysicra were an all male population, there would not be a rush to make them all gay and in relationships with each other. People would do whatever they could to avoid the reference but.. because it's lesbians and there is a majority of straight men that think girl on girl action is hot.. IT'S ORGY ISLAND!

[catmanscratches]

It's a shame that the regular Wonder Woman series isn't as good as the Wonder Woman portrayed in Sensation Comics. THIS is the Wonder Woman that I grew up with, not the God of War version.

[Joe Kalicki]

It's a shame that the regular Wonder Woman series isn't as good as the Wonder Woman portrayed in Sensation Comics. THIS is the Wonder Woman that I grew up with, not the God of War version.

Well now there's two versions for people who enjoy either or both. There can't be anything wrong with that.

[Lemurion]

You can get a license to marry people over the internet in 5 seconds. Anybody can do it. Not to mention that anyone can actually officiate the wedding, if all the legal paperwork is done ahead of time or if they were pre-married by a justice of the peace and this is just the show wedding.

As for the book itself.. I'm fine with this.. but did we HAVE to go the old tried and true "All Amazons are lesbians and that's why we're cool marrying lesbians" route. Yes.. Themyscira is populated by women, but just because it's populated by women doesn't mean they're all off having orgies and getting married. While there may be a few Amazons that are homosexual, it doesn't need to be treated like it's a common thing that happens every day. It's not a prison, it's a population of women who just all live on an island together. They're sisters.. If Themysicra were an all male population, there would not be a rush to make them all gay and in relationships with each other. People would do whatever they could to avoid the reference but.. because it's lesbians and there is a majority of straight men that think girl on girl action is hot.. IT'S ORGY ISLAND!

I think you're reaching here. I don't think the point is that "all Amazons are lesbian," but rather that since Themyscira is only inhabited by women, any marriages between Themyscirans are by definition same sex marriages. It's not about orgies or even what proportion of the population are lesbian; it's about when there are only women to marry, everyone who gets married is marrying a woman.

An island with only men would only have same sex marriages, too. When the society only has one sex present, you don't have another option.

[MasterOfMagnetism]

Love this moment. Wonder Woman is all about love and compassion, which is pretty much everything that the same-sex marriage proponents aren't. Her officiating a same-sex wedding just makes sense.

Umm... Do you mean opponents, not proponents? 'Cause there's a big difference.

[Rakzo]

What, are these big news?

Big deal, call me when Diana admits her Bisexuality.

[Thomas Crown]

Big deal, call me when Diana admits her Bisexuality.

Well, that will be like when Ricky Martin admitted he's gay.

[Rakzo]

Well, that will be like when Ricky Martin admitted he's gay.

Yes, is something that we all know but is better when they say it out loud.

[DevilsGambit]

Batman is handling divorce court.

[Robotman]

If only the headline could have taken a cue from the comic and read Wonder Woman Officiates Wedding in 'Sensation Comics'.

And is my takeaway supposed to be that Clark is... disappointed that Wonder Woman supports "gay marriage?" Because his... hesitance in asking suggested that to me. (Not to mention he was making a statement, not asking a question. Poorly written dialogue, in my opinion.)

yeah there's no way Superman, who is supposed to be the most compassionate superhero on the planet, is against gay marriage. i just took his question to mean that he didn't know Wonder Woman was so for it that she'd officiate a marriage.

[Evan Meadow]

Is it just me or does WW look like Penelope Cruz?

No she looks like cosplayer Valerie Perez.

[big_boss]

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yep

[Robotman]

how's the weather back there in the 50s?

[Triple J]

yeah there's no way Superman, who is supposed to be the most compassionate superhero on the planet, is against gay marriage. i just took his question to mean that he didn't know Wonder Woman was so for it that she'd officiate a marriage.

Well, compassion doesn't exactly mean he's open to gay marriage. After all, he's a living being - he's bound to have his opinions (whether they are right or wrong is another question).