Genealogy works with bloodlines. There are no bloodlines in same-sex relationships. If there are any children, then the sperm and egg donors should be noted if they are in your family, not the one giving birth if different from sperm and egg donor because that is where the bloodline comes from. If genealogy gets too caught up in these societal downturns, then we will one day be working with even more confusing things like beastiality and such. I know of one distant relative who doesn't want his prior marriages listed because his current wife will get upset. I'm listing them once I get the info anyway. There are some relatives who have had children from affairs that may be hearsay or are not publicly known and I won't be the one to publicize it. There are times when you need to use your head and follow logical requests and not follow others.
God bless, Ellen On Jul 9, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Ian GARDENER wrote: > 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 > > 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
