Dave Berdan wrote:
We added a new option to the Marriage screen of, "This couple did not
marry" as a place to signify that there was a relationship with another
person that was not a "marriage." So, we have all the bases covered.
Unless there has been a major undocumented change between V5 and V6, you
most definitely DON'T have all the bases covered when it comes to
marriages and other relationships. In V5 I am unable to even create a
marriage/relationship between individuals of the same gender. It's not
just that the wording in reports is messed up -- it flat out won't let
me enter the second individual.
If Legacy were strictly a genealogical program this would be
understandable, since only biological relationships would matter. But
Legacy also enters the realm of family history and sociology by
providing for many relationships other than strictly biological. In
those cases, the sexes of the individuals cannot be pre-determined by
any type of logic, so there should be no edit rules preventing accurate
data entry.
Legacy must allow us to enter the facts as they exist. This means that
marriages, as well as other relationships, can exist between people
regardless of gender. Perhaps an "Are you sure?" warning might be
acceptable when individuals are of the same sex, but definitely not an
absolute prohibition. These same-sex couples may or may not have
children, who may be adopted, foster, half-biological, or whatever.
The only absolute rule that I can think of is that biological children
will always have both a male and a female natural parent, whether we
know who they are or not, so edit rules should go no further than that.
Perhaps then you will have all the "marriage" bases covered.
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