[QUOTE="naaydaa"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]I dont see the problem considering what kind of tradition we're talking about.
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The tradition of having the words "mother" and "father" on a birth certificate? The problem is the unnecessary effort that was given in order to change it in the first place. It's all a frivolous matter. Why waste an entire legal process to change something so pointless?What effort?And it isnt pointless. Just because so far the percentage of people who have children in "non-traditional" ways and homosexual couples are in the minority doesnt mean anything. Like I said earlier in this thread, it's also the matter of adoption which has made the words "mother", "father" and "parent" mean not so much the person that contributes to reproduction but the person that raises a child.
Call it an issue of political correctness if you like. The truth of the matter is that sociaty is changing, even without the "non-traditional" methods of procreation and homosexual couples. Laws most of the times follow along if change serves a legal purpose.
In essense this is no different than saying "biological father" and "biological mother" in stead of saying "father" and "mother" in cases where the couple that reproduced (artificially or not) does not match the couple that legally raises a child.
If anyone is doing something unnecessary it's the people going to such lengths as to protest against the change.
It's not a rare thing for terminology to change in laws, but I guess this is a special case deserving a hissy fit just because "tradition" is "threatened". Give me a break...
Give YOU a break? F off. You're the one that turned an unnecessary topic into a wall of text that features a relatively simple argument. And I am certaintly not throwing a "hissy fit". I haven't once use disparaged your argument by resorting to ad hominem, which you just did, and you tell ME to give YOU a break? I'm willing to have an intellectual discussion, but I'm not gonna resort to derision. But back to the topic. I don't believe that terms within laws should be changed. Ever. Interpretation of terms can change, but we shouldn't change words. I think we all understand that the words "biological mother" do not necessarily mean "caretaker". Your biological mother is always your mother. And don't act like changing the terms of a birth certificate requires no effort. It requires extensive meetings between numerous members of Legislation. 
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