A bill would make state statutes gender-neutral.
Sen. Richard Stevens, a Cary Republican, said he filed the legislation after an earlier bill of his was criticized for a masculine pronoun.
That bill, which named the head of the State Board of Education, was held up when Republican state Rep. Laura Wiley objected to its use of the word "him" when describing Gov. Beverly Perdue.
It was then rewritten to be gender-neutral.
"Bottom line, this bill would do that for the entire state," Stevens said.
The new proposal calls for the state General Statutes Commission to recommend any changes in pronouns to the state constitution or laws by 2010.
An existing state law already says that any reference to a "he" should be read as "he or she" for legal purposes.
Comments
Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws
March 25, 2009 - 3:43pm — vickiej40Make a mountain out of a mole hill will ya! Bunch of pansy wasted Politicians.
Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws
March 25, 2009 - 2:13pm — j1c2kpWhatever happened to common sense?
Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws
March 25, 2009 - 1:02pm — FurbishLousewartAll in favor of using "they" or "them" as singular pronouns where the gender is unclear, say "Aye."
AYE!
Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws
March 25, 2009 - 1:03pm — almon007Good lord. I think there are a little more pressing issues out there than worrying about offending left handed seagulls. You were elected to do a job. Do it. Don't waste time with petty crap like this. So no vote for Laura Wiley. SHE doesn't know what SHE (or should I say it) is doing.
Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws
March 25, 2009 - 1:00pm — L3G10NWould our politicians care to waste anymore of their time arguing and reforming semantics? God forbid anything productive gets done. The fact that idiots like this run our country scares the hell out of me.