Actually if not specifically asked by this person, I wouldn't be either & I'm totally non religious:)
In this case there are no children I have now found out so really to me, I could leave this "partner" out except for being asked. Having said that though, wether you I approve or not, the fact is that the world is changing around us and not always for the better. If we are to record the facts and if government allow civil unions, then we need to be able to record it. In the short term I have adopted the marriage event rewording option and instead of husband and wife I've called them female and female, then marked no children and never married. However as this becomes more commonplace which it inevitably will, a better solution needs to be found. I can see where there may be a temptation to totally ignore such relationships at both user & programmer level as there's a strong argument against normalising some behaviours. But as researchers we need to be careful not to overly bias our work. Alas in my research it seems that I constantly move from one brick wall to the next. I'm also one of these dreamers who hopes one of my descendants somewhere will pick up my research one day and I simply cannot bring myself to deliberately leave a brick wall for them. Ah for the good old days..... -----Original Message----- From: Michele Lewis [mailto:ancestor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2012 7:51 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Same sex "marriage". I know my point of view will not be popular but I don't record any gay relationships in my Legacy file. I would be one of those religious freaks :) My husband does have a cousin that is openly gay. In my file he is listed as "never married." I think Legacy doesn't allow same sex marriages because of their ties to the LDS church (I am not LDS but I do agree with them on this one). Michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
