in the UK may cancel the word "husband" and "wife" in the documents
16/03/201214: 13
MOSCOW, March 16 - RIA Novosti. The UK authorities are going to replace the phrase "husband and wife" in official documents as "neutral" terms "spouse" and "partners", said on Friday the newspaper Telegraph.
Replacement of politically incorrect words neutral counterparts will take place in the campaign to legalize same-sex marriages. Activists in support of sexual minorities also speak about the project to make the appropriate changes to the law on the procedure for dissolution of marriage. According to them, there are situations in which use of the term "husband and wife" to refer to the spouses is unacceptable.
Also, according to the newspaper, can be prevented from using the phrase "mother and father" in official documents.
According to official data, the existing forms of the documents will be destroyed and replaced with new ones that require the state to costly.
The tendency to change the terms on the politically correct counterparts in Europe, has spread quite a long time. In particular, in 2009 the European Parliament were prohibited treatment "Miss" and "Mrs." as claimed by some human rights activists, it may offend the dignity of women. For this reason, this year the French were not allowed to use the word "mademoiselle."
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