'Gender equality' law should be repealed

The new “gender equality” law, proposed by state Rep. Mary Mascher, passed by the 2009 Legislature, and in effect as of Jan. 1, is an example of legal activism.

Mascher states that because governmental boards are often the launchpad for those seeking elective office, it is necessary to compel governmental boards to maintain a gender balance, and as a consequence of the new law, it is illegal for such a body to be predominately one gender or the other.

First, career development is not the purpose of governmental boards. The last thing I want are for bread and butter issues, such as roads and sewers, to be further used and abused in order to advance the narcissistic ambitions of those who want to be career politicians.

Second, should not the constitution of city, county and state boards be based on merit or are those boards so perfunctory that membership is a political standard operating procedure?

And last, the law is meant to shield people from having their rights violated, not as a tool to advance an agenda. This law needs to be repealed (before someone decides to put teeth in the law), and Mascher needs to be voted out of office.

David Sheets

Toddville