Great to see this move towards equality - after years of people working around this atavistic anomaly by appointing their respective mothers as the witnesses to their marriage...
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Mothers of brides and grooms in England and Wales will now be added to marriage certificates for the first time. Until now, the document only included the names of the fathers of the couple, but a change to the Marriage Act means both parents will be included. The Home Office said the move would "correct a historic anomaly".
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