Last name

Last names can be tricky, I was born with one last name but my dead beat dad basically deserted my sister and I when I was three so I changed my name to my mother's husband's name who also became a huge flake! I was in my teens by then and did not want to change my name again fast forward 10 years and i had my first two children out of wedlock. My feeling is if the couple's not married the name on the birth certificate should totally be up to the mother. When the children get old enough to pick which name they want they can do that. There are people in my family that I am very proud of we just don't share the same last name. As far as spirituality it has nothing to do with anyone's name and any institution that woulddiscriminate against a family or child for having a different name well you need to get as far away from them as possible and find one who will accept them as they are.