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Inclusive Language     

The use of inclusive language in religious discourse and translation is being hotly debated in many different circles.  The following is presented as an introductory argument in favor of using inclusive language.

"Inclusive language is a moral issue
that should be observed by all conscientious Christians."

Am I Wrong Because I'm Politically Correct?

Or:  Ten Reasons to Embrace Inclusive Language Revision by David R. Leigh

How many times have you heard it from the lips of conservatives?” I'm not politically correct, and proud of it!"

The badge of political incorrectness began as an oft-appropriate response to ideas and values imposed on us culturally by political liberals--a backlash against left-wing "thought police" whose anti-traditional values ironically included opposition to censorship, absolutes, and "legislated morality."

Conservatives rightly saw through this, noting that thought restriction is also a form of censorship, that left-wing ideas have become cultural absolutes, and that imposition of liberal values is often an oppression greater than most so-called conservative moral legislations.

Antagonism toward anything politically correct is now the knee-jerk reaction of conservatives and calling something politically correct has become a shortcut for discrediting it. Likewise, to declare something politically incorrect is to ascribe to it a kind of boldness and integrity.

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