Democratic lawmaker introduces bill to change "husband" and "wife" to "spouse" or "married person"
New attack on the concept of family from the blue party to try to apply the neutral gender to spouses. It also proposes changing "widower" or "widow" to "person who has been, but is no longer, married to."
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The culture war does not cease. After the proposal to change words such as "mother" or "pregnant woman" to "person giving birth" or"pregnant person," as well as "parents" to "progenitors," it is now the turn of "husband and wife." If Democratic legislator Julia Brownley's proposal goes through, they would now have to be replaced in federal law by "spouse" or "married person."
To reflect "the equality of all marriages"
The reason for the change would be, according to the congresswoman, to reflect "the equality of all marriages." In a statement, the representative attacked the Supreme Court, which she called "extremist" and state legislatures "that roll back LGBT rights."
Amendment to the Marriage Equality Law
Brownley insisted that, "although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples have the right to marry, there are many instances where the U.S. Code does not respect that constitutional right."
The congresswoman introduced her proposal as an amendment to modify the Code for the Marriage Equality Act, approved late last year. In addition to "spouse," Brownley proposes changing "widower" or"widow" to "person who has been, but is no longer, married to."
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