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Maryland senator seeks inclusive, gender-neutral religious language in state code
Summary
Sen. Cheryl Kagan told the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee March 24 she is sponsoring a bill to update references to "church" across the state code and replace gendered terms such as "clergyman" with gender-neutral language; the measure passed the Senate 45-1 and has a House cross file.
Sen. Cheryl Kagan, the state senator for Gaithersburg and Rockville, told the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee on March 24 that she is sponsoring a bill to update references in the state code that currently use the word "church" and to replace gendered language referring to clergy.
Kagan said the change is meant to reflect the state's religious diversity. "A 142 times, in our code, the word church is used, and that does…
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