Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on March 25, 2009 - 12:15pm.
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Richard StevensA 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.

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Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws

Submitted by vickiej40 on March 25, 2009 - 3:43pm.

Make a mountain out of a mole hill will ya! Bunch of pansy wasted Politicians.

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Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws

Submitted by j1c2kp on March 25, 2009 - 2:13pm.

Whatever happened to common sense?

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Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws

Submitted by almon007 on March 25, 2009 - 1:03pm.

Good 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.

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Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws

Submitted by FurbishLousewart on March 25, 2009 - 1:02pm.

All in favor of using "they" or "them" as singular pronouns where the gender is unclear, say "Aye."

AYE!

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Re: Bill calls for 'he or she' in laws

Submitted by L3G10N on March 25, 2009 - 1:00pm.

Would 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.

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