This message is from Pierre Lepine.-------------Johnnie ------------------------------------------------------------ >From: [log in to unmask] (PIERRE LEPINE) >Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 10:42:05 -0400 >Subject: Re: Aimee's name change When I read "name change", I wondered what had happened so terrible to Aimee as to force her to change her name. Do you know that in Quebec (Canada), a woman always keeps her name, even after her wedding. The Law recognizes that men and women are equal before and after their wedding, and that each one keeps his/her name and his/her own identity notwithstanding his/her marital status. And it goes as far as this: children born from a couple may be named after their father's name (for examble, Isabelle Quinn), their mother's name (Isabelle Piscitelli), or both (Isabelle Piscitelli-Quinn), as long as all the children born from that couple bear the same name (the decision is taken once and for all when the first child is named). Greetings to Mrs. Quinn (but isn't that also her mother-in-law...) Bonne journee Pierre Lepine Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec Montreal (Quebec, Canada) P.S. Isabelle is the name of my daughter. ======================================================================= 35