Being married no longer means just a woman pledging herself to a man and becoming somebody’s missus. For professional and personal reasons, believe it or not, some of them retain their names. Men, meanwhile, marry men, and women marry women, and names don’t always follow a clear-cut protocol. Spouses have different last names from each other; kids have different last names from their parents. For an airline to not get it might seem like a little thing – a small inconvenience – but it’s not. Turner’s fight for his right to transfer his travel voucher was about recognition. It was about respect. It was about acknowledging that you shouldn’t be forced to jump through an extra set of hoops because of your name. Family is not defined by nomenclature – and you can’t be a business, in this day and age, with a family policy if you don’t understand what family means today. - Salon on Air Canadas policy that only allowed spouses to transfer vouchers to each other if their last names were the same Whats your take?
Posted on: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:07:08 +0000
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