21.01.2011, 16:26 2954

U.S. State Department not to use 'mother,' father' words on passport applications

The U.S. State Department removed words 'mother' and 'father' from U.S. passport applications and replaced with 'parent one' and 'parent two', the agency reports.

Almaty. January 21. Kazakhstan Today - The U.S. State Department removed words 'mother' and 'father' from U.S. passport applications and replaced with 'parent one' and 'parent two', the agency reports.

"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,'"Fox News, reported

A statement on the State Department website noted: "These improvements are being made to provide a gender neutral description of a child's parents and in recognition of different types of families." The statement did not note if it was for child applications only.

Sprague said the decision to remove the traditional parenting names was not an act of political correctness.

"We find that with changes in medical science and reproductive technology that we are confronting situations now that we would not have anticipated 10 or 15 years ago," she said.

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