Moving beyond those old stick-in-the-mud nations where changing a gender requires any sort of evidence or documentation, Germany now is considering a plan to let people choose their gender annually, simply instructing a government office what name people currently want to use.

Sounds like a haven for those who want to escape the clutches of bill collectors or criminals trying to avoid time behind bars.

It is in a report from LifeSiteNews that the scheme has been described.

There, a report explains that Germany, the "powerhouse of the European Union," currently is dealing with "an inflation-wracked economy, food shortages, a fuel crisis, and fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine."

That means the government is making time for a proposal from Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann of the left-wing FDP along with Family Minister Lisa Paus from the Greens.