The Ant and his Uncles

I need a few questions answered that I cannot ask. They are a bit delicate—and they all revolve around gay marriage.

 I am curious to know what the protocol is—do gay couples keep their own names when they marry and if they don’t which partner surrenders it? How do they choose? And what about the offspring of gay families—especially if surrogates or donor eggs and sperm are involved--what does the birth certificate look like? What last name is chosen for the child?  

Because things are complicated—particularly for children—and particularly when they get to school. Formerly, class lists had a column each for the  mothers’ and fathers’ name—who’s name goes where if there are 2 Mommies or 2 Daddies? Who is the designated class Mom in the 2 Mommy scenario and in the case of the  2 Dad scenario?

Inquiring minds like me want to know.

Because if the ant was confused to find out that all his uncles were “ants,” imagine how confused the human will be when asked to fill in  his/her mother’s maiden name on the profile form for their SAT.