In a message dated 7/26/2002 4:43:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > In a message dated 7/26/2002 12:56:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > I am not interested in hearing religious or legal opinions, but a means > of > > presenting facts. > > > Fact: a same sex marriage cannot produce a child, therefore there are no > "genes" passed on from the lesbian who acts in place of the biological > father > in society. Thus, That person has no place in a genealogy chart. Using that > > premise, there can be no family tree, so you may as well dispose of your > genealogy program. > > Earl B. Akers, Sr. > Puyallup WA > <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banyantree">The Banyan Tree</A> > Sorry, Earl, I cannot accept your premise. You would say that adoptions do not deserve a place in genealogy files, either, if the biological parents are not known. Certainly you would agree that the descendants of every living person can belong in genealogy files, and every person's ancestry stops (starts?) somewhere with unknowns. I am sure your ancestry ends with many unknowns, as does everyone else's ancestry. Bill Case