I think there is a certain amont of irony in a culture that doesn't want to commit to putting their names on marriage licences, but worries about names on birth certificates.
I was going to have a reaction to this as its a bit close to the bone, but maybe you are right, maybe it is ironic.......
But regardless of peoples views on marriage, I would love it to be the child's right to have both their parents named on their birth certificate!
Tx
Sorry, I didn't mean that in any nasty way - I just have a knack of finding irony in quite serious subjects.
I'm not a lawyer, but I think that as the law stands, when the child reaches the age of consent, they can have their certificate changed to show their father's details, because then their mother no longer has any say in the matter.
Sometimes the child wants to know his/her father when he/she grows up, and sometimes they don't, but by then it's their choice and no-one else's.
