For 2026, New York State’s population is estimated at just over 20 million, the 4th largest in America. However, NY State is only 27th in land area in the nation. One would think that many people in such a relatively small space could present quite a few problems for state legislators to solve. One would further suspect those problems might be demanding and require pretty much their full attention. One would apparently suspect wrongly.

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But before suspecting further, keep in mind Democrats excel at warping the English language for nefarious political purposes. They know that if they can change the terms of any debate, with the more-than-willing help of their media propaganda operatives, they might be able to win. Thus have “illegal aliens” become “undocumented residents.” Thus, has the surgical and chemical mutilation of children become “gender affirming care.” Thus, have career felons become “justice involved individuals.” Thus, have vicious, insane, addicted lunatics become “the Homeless.” Thus, have semiautomatic rifles become “assault weapons,” and the New York Legislature, which apparently has a lot of free time on its hands, is also at the language-warping game:

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And the ethical, medical and/or political necessity for that would be what, exactly? Did some NY politician sitting in a committee hearing suddenly decide “mother” and “father” were too confusing, so new terms were necessary? I know Democrats have no idea what a woman is because most of them aren’t biologists, and apparently Democrat biologists have no idea either, but “gestating parent?” That’s better? That would have made the spectacle of Ketanji Brown Jackson saying she had no idea what a gestating parent was better or slightly saner?

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It’s worse than you imagine:

A woke new bill erases the terms “mother” and “father” from state child custody and parental laws — a gender-neutral rewriting that’s expected to spark a flood of similarly clunky legislation.

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“Mother” would be replaced with “gestating parent” while “father” becomes “non-gestating parent” or “parent” in family court along with in domestic and education law, under the legislation, passed this week by state Democrats.

“Paternity” proceedings to determine a child’s biological father would meanwhile become “parentage” cases, under the bill, which was rammed through the Assembly in March and of the Senate this week.

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A “putative father” — also known as a deadbeat dad — would now be called “an alleged parent” in official state records, under the bill, which was sponsored by liberals Sen. Luis Sepulveda (D-Bronx) and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) and will go to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk for approval.

This is probably unintentionally satirical and ironic:

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He said the gender-neutral bill is likely to lead to a stampede of others, and called state lawmakers’ priorities backwards — considering they were almost two months late in passing a state budget.

“Imagine people who are considering moving to New York seeing this and saying, ‘Do I need this silliness?’ This is a really weird group of elected officials. It comes out of left field,” he said.

Oh yes, they do indeed come “out of left field.” Still, there must be some reason, no matter  how insane, for this law, which has yet to be signed by the governor?

The bill aims to make custody law more inclusive for LGBTQ+ parents and families who use assisted reproduction or surrogacy.

Oh. There remains a single question to be asked:

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Other than their increasingly dangerous, collective insanity, you mean?

Writing the made-up, scary term into legislation didn’t magically conjure non-existent “assault weapons” out of thin air. Writing “gestating parent” and “non-gestating parent”—why not “gestationless parent” or “gestation deficient parent?”—does not eliminate mothers and fathers. And what’s wrong with “testicled” and “non-testicled” parents, or would that microaggress people pretending to have testicles, or ovaries, or whatever parts?

What that does is add one more entry to the “we really can’t coexist with these dangerously insane people” list.

Expect Gov. Hochul to sign the bill into law, as soon as she’s done trying to convince the wealthy she chased out of the state to return so she can continue to tax them into oblivion.                                            

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Mike McDaniel is a USAF veteran, classically trained musician, Japanese and European fencer, lifelong athlete, firearm instructor, retired police officer, and high school and college English teacher. He is a published author and blogger. His home blog is Stately McDaniel Manor.