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Proposed House Rules Seek to Erase G****red Terms Such as ‘Father, Mother, Son, Daughter’ By Mimi Nguyen Ly

Posted By Ruth King on January 2nd, 2021
https://www.theepochtimes.com/proposed-house-rules-seek-to-erase-g****red-term

Leaders in the House of Representatives announced on Friday a rules package for the 117th Congress that includes a proposal to use “g****r-inclusive language” and eliminate g****red terms such as “‘father, mother, son, daughter,” and more.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-Mass.) announced on Friday that the rules package includes changes that would “honor all g****r identities by changing pronouns and familial relationships in the House rules to be g****r neutral.”

A separate announcement from McGovern (pdf) said that the Democratic rules package will make “Changes [to] pronouns and familial relationships in the House rules to be g****r neutral or removes references to g****r, as appropriate, to ensure we are inclusive of all Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioners and their families—including those who are nonbinary.”
James McGovern (D-Mass.) speaks during a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 21, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Terms to be striked from clause 8(c)(3) of rule XXIII, the House’s Code of Official Conduct, as outlined in the proposed rules (pdf), include “father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandson, [and] granddaughter.”

Such terms would be replaced with “parent, child, sibling, parent’s sibling, first cousin, sibling’s child, spouse, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, half-sibling, [and] grandchild.”

According to the proposed rules, “seamen” would be replaced with “seafarers,” and “Chairman” would be replaced with “Chair” in Rule X of the House.

Pelosi and McGovern said that the overall package “includes sweeping ethics reforms, increases accountability for the American people, and makes this House of Representatives the most inclusive in history.”

The rules package includes removing floor privileges from former congress members who have been convicted of crimes related to their House service or e******n.

It would also make it “a violation of the Code of Official Conduct for a Member, officer, or employee of the House to disclose the identity of a whistleblower.”

It also establishes a new Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, to “investigate, study, make findings, and develop recommendations on policies, strategies, and innovations” to “[empower] American economic growth while ensuring that no one is left out or behind in the 21st Century Economy.”

The rules package will be introduced and v**ed on once the new Congress convenes.

Sons of Liberty Loc: look behind you!

Screw these a-holes.

Kevyn

Sort of like police officer instead of policeman, firefighter rather than fireman, letter carrier instead of mailman. Language evolves as the world does.

Sonny Magoo Loc: Where pot pie is boiled in a kettle

That doesn't mean it's not controlled...this time around.
That's a piss poor analogy anyway

Sonny Magoo Loc: Where pot pie is boiled in a kettle

You better read Orwell again

Gatsby

Needs one amendment: All "Congressional members" who v**e in favor of the proposed rules change,

shall forever be referred to only as "Cong*****l I***ts".

skyrider

You do have a point there. Since you do not like the terms man or woman I think it is only right and "evolved" that from now on for you to be referred to as "IT". Since I trust that no one on OPP would ever want to offend you, if this is not your preferred Pronoun, please choose another from the many available and let us know. I trust that the guardian of t***h oversight will see this as a genuine effort to be all inclusive, non-judgemental and non g****r specific, and certainly not insulting, thereby sparing me from exile to the literary re-education camp.
P.S. If you could suggest a Pronoun that I could use for my dog it would be appreciated.

Gatsby

Political Correctness is a disease of the mind.

CarryOn

Certainly fits the bill!

Kevyn

I don’t care it has no effect on me. I simply refer to people in the manner they prefer unless I wish to insult them.

Rose42

Sheer idiocy best describes this....

skyrider

The fact that there is such idiocy is the root of all the problems across the whole spectrum of society and the country. As such ,it is impossible to fix it in time to save the country. As I've said many times before, the only thing that could resurrect a successful society and country would be at least 3 new generations, properly educated in the principles of self determination, morality, work ethic and self reliance. Even if that could happen, which it won't, it would be far to late. The clock has run out folks.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Sort of like rectal excavator rather than a$$hole.

Grugore

Pure insanity.

Grugore

What ever happened to freedom of speech?