The South African court ruled that a law banning husbands from adopting their wives’ surnames was unconstitutional.

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    11 days ago

    Lol what? They had laws preventing this… Why? What a waste of energy misogyny and misandry is.

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      11 days ago

      It was a holdover from apartheid

      Knowing that the department of home affairs was involved, I’m shocked this was resolved so quickly.

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    11 days ago

    Oh boy, think Elon will change his name next time he gets married? Elon Domingo? Elon Smith? Elon Trump? 😛 He can make it into a complete glow-up entering his free-wheeling 50’s era 💅

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    10 days ago

    does the wife at least get to pick a new last name after the husband takes the old one?