NJ Dems focused like a laser on the important issues: Sexism in unenforceable laws

NJ State Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) knows what's important. When she's not shilling for Planned Parenthood she focuses like a laser on the issues that really matter to the people of New Jersey. You'd think that would be the nation's highest property taxes, or record unemployment, or spiraling budget deficits and underfunded pensions, right?

Wrong! Loretta Weinberg is on a mission to stamp out sexism in old, unenforceable laws dating back to the Nineteenth Century.

Times change, but the language of the law is sometimes slow to catch up. So after noticing the antiquated and at times demeaning references to women still contained in laws that date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Weinberg recently introduced a bill (S2665) striking such language from the books.

Quick, get the Governor on the line! A husband might try to contest The Married Woman's Property Act! There's not a moment to lose.

It cracks me up that the people we send to Trenton have the time to devote to these trivialities but they're unable (or more likely unwilling) to confront the problems which actually affect the vast majority of their constituents.

It's the illusion of accomplishment. And unfortunately it is a bipartisan disease.

Posted at 13:58 by Chris Wysocki   [/nj_politics]   Comments | Perm Link |
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