French Schools Replace "Mother" And "Father" With "Parent 1" And "Parent 2"

In the latest example of political correctness run amok in Europe, the French National Assembly this week passed an education reform bill which included a controversial amendment to replace all instances of the words 'mother' and 'father' on official school-related paperwork with the 'gender neutral' phrases "Parent 1" and "Parent 2".
The bill, which was championed by President Emmanuel Macron's party, will also make school attendance mandatory for all three-year-olds.
"This amendment aims to root in law children's family diversity in administrative forms submitted in school," said REM minister Valérie Petit.
"We have families who find themselves faced with tick boxes stuck in rather old-fashioned social and family models. For us, this article is a measurement of social equality."
While the changes were made ostensibly to stop discrimination against same-sex parents, according to the Christian Post, the measure has been attacked by conservatives and liberals alike. Even the French education minister opposed the amendment.
In a sign of just how fraught with controversy this provision has become, even the president of the French association for same-sex parents has criticized the decision, arguing that it could create a "parental hierarchy". 

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