Residents of crime-ridden Portland area to vote on ballot measure removing gendered language
foxnews.comMultnomah County, Oregon, which contains the city of Portland and is responsible for prosecuting criminal activity in the city, is looking to remove gender-related language from its charter.
Voters in the county are set to vote on a local ballot measure that would remove language in the 1966 charter that includes "gender binary pronouns," such as "he, she, his and her," and instead use gender-neutral terms.
Measure 26-230, also known as the Gender Neutral Charter Amendment, if approved, would adopt terms like "the sheriff" to refer to a particular position within the county, rather than one that associates the office with a particular gender.
Portland and Multnoma County residents are experiencing a massive rise in crime, as well as a pervasive homelessness problem on the city's streets.
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