This is such a stupid thing to complain about. I hate when people assume the life-simulator genre has to be contexual with political views and crowd-pleasing. The game isn't meant to be The Sims, everyone get over it.
They're jus being neutral because they don't wanna alienate any buyers. Ethichal or not its smart.
how is it smart when it backfired though. if they included them that would be smart cause everything that introduces gay elements gets really good press in america right now. any marketer can tell you that