Hempstead Passes Emergency Resolution to Keep 'Mother' and 'Father' for 800,000 Residents
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Hempstead Passes Emergency Resolution to Keep 'Mother' and 'Father' for 800,000 Residents
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Summary
Hempstead Township approved an emergency resolution to keep using “mother” and “father” in its own laws and policies, even if New York adopts gender-neutral parental terms.
The move answers a state bill passed days earlier that would replace “mother” with “gestating parent,” “father” with “non-gestating parent,” and “paternity” with “parentage.”
Gov. Kathy Hochul has until the end of 2026 to sign or reject the measure; she said last week she had not yet reviewed the proposal.
Republican officials in Nassau County, including Bruce Blakeman and state legislators, backed Hempstead’s stand as conservative groups also mobilized against the bill.
The clash extends a broader culture-war pattern in the Republican-led Long Island township, which has roughly 800,000 residents and has previously fought transgender sports policies.