Renewed excitement about a claim that is happily shared without further explanation and without questioning the content.

That claim, namely that the terms “father” and “mother” should be abolished according to a demand from the Ministry of Family Affairs, is now floating around as a sharepic:

“Father” and “mother” should be abolished?
“Father” and “mother” should be abolished?

The text on the sharepic reads:

“Family Ministry demands:
“Father” and “Mother” should be abolished!
Instead there should be a “neutral parent!”

The picture is distributed by the Facebook page “ TierHerz ”, which in turn links to a clickbait page where there is a half-hearted explanation about it, which was also spread over six pages (only two sentences per page). It's almost understandable that very few people read the article.
The comments are accordingly:

Comments under the sharepic
Comments under the sharepic

This claim came up as early as May 2019 Beatrix von Storch or the CSU without explaining in more detail what caused it.

https://www.facebook.com/CSU/photos/a.311521140687/10157224713840688/?type=3&theater

How does this claim come about?

It started with the “ Rainbow Portal ”, a site run by the Federal Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSJ).
On this page, the ministry provides information on the topics of “same-sex lifestyles” and “sexual diversity”. Parents, teachers, but also students are addressed with the portal in order to deal with the topics. The goal is not only to stop students being bullied because of their sexual attitudes, but also to stop teachers, educators and parents from pigeonholing.

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Back in May, the discussion was initially fueled by the website “ kath.net ”, which reported that “ the Ministry of Family Affairs is concerned with the abolition of men and women, of marriage and family and also with the abolition of father and mother ”. the head of the Christian initiative “Children in Danger”.

An article from the “Rainbow Portal” that was launched in May specifically addresses teachers on how they can create an environment in which non-heterosexual students also feel comfortable.
A small sentence in this article caused a lot of excitement:

Screenshot: mimikama.org, source: rainbow portal
Screenshot: mimikama.org, source: rainbow portal

“The lack of visibility of LGB (lesbian, gay, bisexual) people in students’ social circles reinforces many prejudices. Teachers can counteract these and promote solidarity by, for example, in forms (e.g. “Parents 1 and 2” instead of “Mother and Father”).”

Specifically, it's just a suggestion for changes to forms in order to show solidarity and not make the topic taboo!

The BFMSJ also commented on the allegations on Facebook that the terms “father” and “mother” should be abolished:

https://www.facebook.com/bmfsfj/posts/1311930548957438:0

“The designation of “Parent 1” and “Parent 2” is merely a generic term in an authority form. Every mother remains a mother and every father remains a father. Changing this is not at all up for debate. Of course, we continue to talk about mothers and fathers in everyday life and when we have conversations. In forms, however, all family constellations can be taken into account without value or hierarchy using the term “parent”. By the way, this has been the practice everywhere in Germany for years when applying for parental allowance and works smoothly for 1.8 million parents.”

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Conclusion

So all the outrage is absolutely pointless. The terms “mother” and “father” should not be abolished, nor is it required, only suggested, that gender-neutral terms be used in forms .
Incidentally, only one proposal will remain, since the area of ​​“education” is primarily a matter for the states , meaning that the federal government has no real say in how the individual states design their forms.


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