Democrats Continue Their War on Common Sense
A few days ago, I wrote about Albany’s latest effort to replace the word “mother” in New York law with the term “gestating parent.”
At the time, I thought it was another example of government focusing on symbolism while ignoring the real problems facing New Yorkers.
Unfortunately, the more I learn, the more I realize this isn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a larger pattern.
For years, Democratic lawmakers have insisted that Americans stop believing what they see with their own eyes and stop saying what they know to be true.
They’ve told us biological sex is merely a social construct.
They’ve told us that men can become women and women can become men.
They’ve told us that mothers are no longer mothers and that fathers are no longer fathers.
Now they want the law itself to reflect that ideology.
Let’s be clear about something.
No law passed in Albany can erase motherhood.
No legislative committee can redefine the bond between a mother and her child.
No politician can vote away thousands of years of human experience.
Yet they continue trying.
While Hudson Valley families struggle to pay property taxes, while utility bills soar, while young people leave New York because they cannot afford to build a life here, Democratic lawmakers devote their time to rewriting language that most people never believed needed changing.
This is what frustrates so many voters.
It’s not simply the policy.
It’s the priorities.
When residents ask about affordability, they’re given lectures about inclusivity.
When residents ask about crime, they’re told to focus on language.
When residents ask why businesses are leaving New York, Albany responds by debating terminology.
The result is a growing sense that the political class is speaking a language entirely different from the people it claims to represent.
Most New Yorkers don’t spend their days wondering whether the word “mother” should disappear from state law.
They worry about making mortgage payments.
They worry about the cost of groceries.
They worry about their children’s future.
And increasingly, they wonder whether anyone in Albany is paying attention.
The irony is that the same politicians who claim to champion women are now advancing legislation that strips one of the most important words associated with women from the legal vocabulary.
A movement that once fought to celebrate motherhood now appears uncomfortable even acknowledging it.
That is not progress.
That is ideology overtaking common sense.
The Democratic Party often asks why it is losing support among working-class voters, parents, and middle-income families.
Perhaps the answer is found in debates like this one.
Because while politicians argue over what to call mothers, ordinary New Yorkers are asking a much simpler question:
When are you going to start working on the problems that actually affect our lives?
I’m Ed Kowalski, and that’s my Valley Viewpoint.
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