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Father and Mother nomenclature deemed archaic by DOS
The words mother and father will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology, the State Department says.The words in the old form were mother and father, said Brenda Sprague, deputy assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services. "They are now parent one and parent two." A statement on the State Department website noted: These improvements are being made to provide a gender neutral description of a childs parents and in recognition of different types of families. The statement didn't note if it was for child applications only. The State Department said the new passport applications, not yet available to the public, will be available online soon. Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-01-08 |
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