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Originally Posted by Aramike
Either you're missing the point completely or intentionally trying to reduce it to an anecdote in order to invalidate it.
Which is it?
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I see exactly what I've read here:
people thinking that a change of words in a travel document would mean a (intentional) further destruction of the traditional family.
Like it or not: in 2011 hundreds of thousands of kids are raised under different circumstances than living together with their bio-dad and bio-mom. It is striking that nobody wrote something about Platapus' argument, that a document that states the name of the de-facto parents would be benefitial for him - at least it would put him not in stupid situations where he has a lot of explanations to give.
A customs officer gives a damn about who donated the sperm and the egg, their duty is to check if the two people who accompany a child are legitimate.
Another benefit might be, that a document like this
could prevent cases of child abduction. It happens that a guy takes his kid and takes him back to his homeland. If the child is not reported missing yet, he is often succesfull doing so, cause the passport states him as the father = legal child companion. A document that states the two legitimate people who are allowed to travel with the kid can inhibit a situation like this.