Im from Australia. We too have same sex marriages well recognised. I bought Legacy in Feb. The subsription will be due up next Feb. If the programmers find this all too hard, and I can find another Geniology program that deals with it, then there's no reason for me to stick with Legacy. I find it hard to believe that well educated and trained programmers find this too hard to do.
On 10/7/07, Sherry/Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is not the topic of how to enter same-sex relationships per > se. > The problem is that this topic gets very heated amongst the users so we > have > asked that it not be discussed and questions about how to handle these > relationships be researched in the archives. > > If people could sanely discuss the question about how to handle same-sex > relationships in Legacy and not start spouting personal beliefs one way or > the other, there wouldn't be a problem. > > The whole thing is getting rather tiresome, quite frankly. > > The programmers have said in the past that when they started Legacy, they > never considered same-sex relationships. Ken wrote in part "Adding same > sex > marriages at this time is simply a change that we feel would require > considerable programming time and would rip the guts out a huge percentage > of our core code base. We could add some patch style work-around but the > program would suffer greatly in processing speed in many areas...." > > It has nothing to do with Millennia "being adult about the real world". > > Thanks for using Legacy. > > Sherry > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack > Earnshaw > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:29 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] same sex relationships > > I agree it is a real issue. The software, and the list, permits discussion > on entering data for adoptions (not genealogy), illegitimacy/the milkman > (genealogy, not family history), incest (genealogy), pets (mmmmm). So why > is > this one specific subject so hard to bear. > > In the UK it is now legal for two people of the same sex to get married > (it's called a civil partnership) and as much as I might abhor the concept > it is a matter of the law saying it is legitimate. Science is advancing > rapidly, although held back by politicians. It cannot be many years until > it > is physically possible for two people of the same sex to create a > biological > child. > > Hence I don't understand why it is not possible for users to ask how to > create a same sex marriage in Legacy. Other packages do allow it and so, > unless Millennia grows up and decides to be adult about the real world it > will get left behind by other packages. Especially if every time the > subject > is aired the shutters go up and we are told to "shut up" > > Jack > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
