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In article <2nsj1p$hno@crl2.crl.com> dk@crl.com (David A. Kaye) writes:
>I'm glad that he was able to introduce you the way you wanted.  But, 
>looking back on it, was it fair to him?  After all, it was his day, not 
>yours.  Just a little observation here, but you were his father, though 
>you've changed.  He already had a mom.  I dunno, as I said I'm happy that 
>things worked out, but I just get the feeling that you put him through 
>something that maybe wasn't necessary.  Could you have introduced 
>yourself as his "parent"?  
	Parent is certainly good but I wonder if it might be preferable
	to divorce the gender implications from the words "mom" and "dad".
	At first blush this sounds absurd but if you examine the issue
	from a reproductive point of view then it makes perfect sense.
		Father/dad = sperm carrier
		Mother/mom = egg carrier
	All other connotations to "mom" and "dad" are socially imposed 
	and quite changeable.  In fact it could be argued that women
	and men will not be free to achieve their full potential
	until sex and gender are separated completely. 


							smg