The petition, published on change.org, appeals for a move away from the view in which marriage is seen as “a business transaction between the father of the bride and the father of the groom”. Currently, in England and Wales, marriage certificates include space for the name of the Father of the Bride and the Father of the Groom, with separate boxes allocated to each of their occupations. The mothers of the happy couple are excluded from this official documentation. In contrast, civil partnership certificates, as well as Scottish and Northern Irish marriage certificates, do supply room for the names of the bride and groom’s mothers.
According to the petitioner, the lack of mothers’ names on marriage certificates in England and Wales “is part of a much wider pattern of inequality. Women are routinely silenced and written out of history.”
Read it all from The Independent.
Missing mothers: Plea to include mothers’ names on marriage certificates passes 25,000 signatures
The petition, published on change.org, appeals for a move away from the view in which marriage is seen as “a business transaction between the father of the bride and the father of the groom”. Currently, in England and Wales, marriage certificates include space for the name of the Father of the Bride and the Father of the Groom, with separate boxes allocated to each of their occupations. The mothers of the happy couple are excluded from this official documentation. In contrast, civil partnership certificates, as well as Scottish and Northern Irish marriage certificates, do supply room for the names of the bride and groom’s mothers.
According to the petitioner, the lack of mothers’ names on marriage certificates in England and Wales “is part of a much wider pattern of inequality. Women are routinely silenced and written out of history.”
Read it all from The Independent.