I'd like to see gay male couples in future packs, with or without children, but I doubt the current balance has to do with Maxis having a bias against them. Remember that the Heckings came *first*, and it's likely they have a dog rather than a child because it was the *pets* pack and no more thought was given to it. Getting a lesbian couple in Island Living actually balanced the ratio. The fact that we got two more lesbian couples in Eco Lifestyle is probably more due to the themes of the pack combined with those "crunchy granola Home Depot lesbian" stereotypes than any considerations about lesbian couples being more palatable to the public. It would have been (very) nice to have a "Home Depot" gay male couple challenging stereotypes for once, sure, but I think benefit of the doubt about anti-gay male bias is in order for now.