French schools are set to replace the titles ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’ to avoid ‘discrimination’ against same sex parents. The bill was passed through the French parliament last week to recognise parents with the same gender. The bill was tabled by MP Valerie Petit with the aim of ‘anchoring the diversity of families with children in the law’.

The amendment says: ‘To prevent discrimination, school enrolment, class registers, parental authorisation and all other forms involving children must mention only Parent 1 and Parent 2.’

However, even some of the supporters of the idea have questioned whether the law would create more problems regarding who is designated as parent number one, and who is number two.

Other MPs are staunchly opposed to the move. Fabien Di Filippo, deputy general secretary for The Republican party, described the amendment as a “frightening ideology,” which “in the name of limitless egalitarianism promotes removing points of reference, including those regarding the family”.