Dems Propose Legislation That Would Ban Words ‘Husband’ And ‘Wife’
Brian Carey
July 10, 2015
Who says Congress doesn’t do anything useful?
A couple of dozen Democrats, apparently lacking a basic understanding of the pressing problems facing this great country, have banded together to propose legislation that would eliminate the words “husband” and “wife” from federal law.
Those “gendered” words would be replaced with gender-neutral language that doesn’t offend either Perez Hilton or Caitlyn Jenner.
The bill, from Rep. Lois Capps (D-generate) is called The Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act (ACME?). It’s an attempt to codify political correctness during a time when the balancing the budget is just a little too hard.
According to Capps, the legislation “recognizes that the words in our laws have meaning and can continue to reflect prejudice and discrimination even when rendered null by our highest courts. Our values as a country are reflected in our laws. I authored this bill because it is imperative that our federal code reflect the equality of all marriages.”
We think it’s safe to say that those marriages will be just as equal without removing words that still have meaning to millions of married couples.
In an exercise at projecting her fantasy, Capps justifies her desire to change federal law by citing a specific provision that says it’s illegal to threaten the president’s wife, but nothing about threatening the president’s husband. We don’t think that a change of that nature will be necessary anytime soon (no, not even after the 2016 election).
And we don’t think this bill should become law, either.
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