....from federal law. 

 

"The most bizarre gambit is a bill that has been introduced in the House by two dozen Democrats that would eliminate the words “<a class="" href='http://www.examiner.com/topic/husband'>husband</a>” and “<a class="" href='http://www.examiner.com/topic/wife'>wife</a>” from federal law, as reported Thursday by the Washington Examiner.

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Proximo Nova', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Apparently the use of “gendered” terms is considered discriminatory by the Democrats, led by Rep. Lois Capps, D-California. The offending terms would be replaced with a gender neutral word like “<a class="" href='http://www.examiner.com/topic/spouse'>spouse</a>” which is considered not discriminatory. The measure would have the benefit, according to Capps, of equalizing the treatment of men and women under the law. For instance, it is illegal to threaten the wife of the president, but not her husband. This could be a problem if Hillary Clinton or some other woman were ever to be elected to the presidency......"

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Proximo Nova', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">I don't get it. Are people really wanting to go this far? If you're going to do this then you need to eliminate the words caucasian, african american, hispanic, asian, etc., as well because someone somewhere finds those to be discriminatory. May as well eliminate male and female, too for good measure. And what about folks who aren't married, where is their word? 

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Proximo Nova', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">I mean, where does it end? I get that progress is being made for equal rights for folks but this is a fine line to walk before things get out of hand.

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