I agree, if this became part of natural language phenomenon, there would be nothing unusual about it.
But here we have an act of law enforcing the way people are obliged to refer to each other. Unbelievable.
I have to admit: when I listened to the Orwell's newspeak by Mary Bryson (on today's U of T debate) I felt terrified. The mindset she (or he?) represents is the most horrible I could imagine.