As reported over the weekend, in late December, the State Department will modify applications for passports and birth records for children of U.S. citizens born overseas to reflect that both parents may be of the same sex. The forms, which formerly asked only for information on a child’s “mother” and “father,” will now request “mother or parent 1” and “father or parent 2”. We applaud the State Department and Secretary Clinton for taking this important step to recognize the many different family structures in our nation, including those headed by same-sex couples.
