Fighting for 'Family'?

I recently read an article by Fox News writer, Todd Stames, titled, "'Mother,' 'Father' Changing to 'Parent One,' 'Parent Two' on Passport Applications/"

It is about how the government is changing the U.S. passport applications from using the terms, "mother," and, "father," to, "parent one," and, "parent two," in order to be more "precise" in describing a personal background as well as accept all types of "families."

The State Department website had this to contribute.

“These improvements are being made to provide a gender neutral description of a child’s parents and in recognition of different types of families.”

This sickens me.

Thankfully, in the article, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins is quoted in a statement to Fox News Radio:

“Only in the topsy-turvy world of left-wing political correctness could it be considered an ‘improvement’ for a birth-related document to provide less information about the circumstances of that birth,”

“This is clearly designed to advance the causes of same-sex ‘marriage’ and homosexual parenting without statutory authority, and violates the spirit if not the letter of the Defense of Marriage Act.”

These are excellent points. Yet, I can envision activists sniffling over their ruffled feathers after reading what Perkins had to say.

Why are the feelings of one group valued over the feelings of another?

Is it because they're the minority, no doubt with unfathomable hardships for a Conservative Christian to understand, or because we don't want to offend anyone by posing a dissimilar viewpoint?

But, wouldn't changing the passport terminology be insensitive to Tony Perkins and like-minded individuals? As well as our founding fathers. Oh, forgive me, I meant to say our founding Parent Two's. Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

In my opinion, this whole "parent one and two" shenanigan is just anoter passive-aggressive "soft" ploy to disagree with the Moral driven conservatives. And unfortunately, it works because, due to Political Correctness' protective wing, reaping a rebuttal is damn near impossible.

I think the change (had enough change yet, America?) is a mistake, and not one soon mended. Whoever wins the 2013 election, especially if it is B.O., would be far to fearful of the political uprising that reverting "Mother" and "Father" would bring.

How much is this going to cost us, financially as well as ideologically? Will I be wishing my mother a, "Happy Parent One Day," come May?