The lyrics in question...
Pleased, as man, with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
The substitution
Pleased, with us, with us to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
AND these lyrics
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
The substitution...
Born to raise us from the earth
Born to give us second birth
My argument is that if Charles Wesley had wanted to be gender neutral, he would have written it gender neutral. At that time the default was male pronouns. It was not meant to be exclusive.
I get back PC bull crap arguments about "inclusivity" and being open to all genders...
I tick them off by clearly singing the traditional lyrics.
Stand your ground.
There are many of us out there who hate the PC nonsense.