I think using the term adultery is making judgements rather than documenting the relationship. I do not think our role is to make value judgements Albert Sent from my iPhone On Dec 15, 2013, at 8:55 AM, "Greenbee" <[email protected]> wrote: > I would also put a note in the section by the unmarried couple (or "never > married" ) to say that the relationship was adulterous. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: 15 December 2013 11:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FHU] Adultery > > > I would: > > - create a Family between the unmarried woman and the sister's husband. > - In the "Status" field of the Family record, mark the relationship as > 'Unmarried Couple'. On diagrams, the relationship will appear by default as > two dotted lines. > - Record the child as the offspring of that relationship. > - Annotate the Family with a Local Note if you want to include more > information. > If you want that note information to be private on reports etc, enclose > it in double square braces [[....]] > > John > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

<<snipped>> I think using the term adultery is making judgements rather than documenting the relationship. I do not think our role is to make value judgements <<snipped>> It is certainly not our job to impose our own moral judgments on other circumstances in other times. However, the word "adultery" has a perfectly clear definition - "Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another who is not his or her spouse" (quoting the first part of the first OED definition). Just recording the relationship as "unmarried" is not sufficient, as that could cover the case where both parties are unmarried. Certainly, some people associate a value judgement with the word. But in the absence of an equivalent word _without_ that value judgment, I shall have to carry on using the word. Adrian B

Thank you Adrian, I was certainly not imposing a judgemental suggestion, merely that by noting the relationship was adulterous showed that one of them was married at the time, otherwise the relationship would have merely been unmarried with no notes Regards Shelagh -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Bruce Sent: 15 December 2013 15:26 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Adultery <<snipped>> I think using the term adultery is making judgements rather than documenting the relationship. I do not think our role is to make value judgements <<snipped>> It is certainly not our job to impose our own moral judgments on other circumstances in other times. However, the word "adultery" has a perfectly clear definition - "Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another who is not his or her spouse" (quoting the first part of the first OED definition). Just recording the relationship as "unmarried" is not sufficient, as that could cover the case where both parties are unmarried. Certainly, some people associate a value judgement with the word. But in the absence of an equivalent word _without_ that value judgment, I shall have to carry on using the word. Adrian B ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message