That's correct Cheryl. Legacy is not owned nor controlled by the church. Not only would it require extensive re-writing of Legacy's code to allow same-sex relationships, there would also be a ripple effect that would affect several of the Legacy add-on programs made by other companies.
Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Clarify for me please. Joshua's comment implies the church controls Legacy. > I understand the people at Legacy (and some other gen software) are at least > predominately church members but I thought the software was independent and > not a church product. > > > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Kathy Thompson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I think the reference to it not being included in version 8 is that >> version 8 is already nearing release and there is no time to make that >> change - not that legalities etc need to be dealt with >> perhaps in 8.5 or 9 we can hope >> >> >> On 17 August 2013 14:29, Joshua Levy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Are you sure about that? The church has shifted it's position on gays >>> (they stopped objecting to gay scouts, for example). If you ask them >>> again, they might approve it for 8.0. >>> >>> Joshua >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
