Outrageous!

I am not sure that I've ever used this blog for anything but showcasing my love for my family and keeping in touch with loved ones, but I just had to write about this.

I was just watching the local news at noon and heard the most ridiculous thing ever. This is so indicative of "progressive" Canadian politics and laws and it makes me sick. In Quebec, when a couple gets married, the woman is not legally allowed to take her husband's last name. Even if she wants to. Now, I am not against women who choose to keep their last name when they get married. I think that is a personal choice. But I do believe that a woman should have the choice!! The news story said that if a woman wants to legally take on her husband's last name, she has to apply to legally change her name, which is generally not granted for the reason of "marriage."

Beyond having your government tell you that you cannot change your last name, which upsets me at every level, I have to think about the effects of this: what will doing geneaology be like when a woman doesn't have the same last name as her children? How does it affect record-keeping in the Church (and otherwise)? Anyways, I just had to assert my opinion. This isn't a new law, it's about 25 years old, and it was considered a major "win" for the feminist movement. Now there is a call for government to change the law and let women choose. What do you think about this? Am I just a little too uptight? Does this really matter? Would it matter to you?