They're more squeamish about using sexist language than about offending the ancient Hebrew deity. And that has its good points. The movement to use inclusive language about God is a way to give more names to the deity, so God won't be stuck with only masculine names. It's a way to break open our definitions and admit that there's more to God than just what we allow. Naming is a way of controlling identity.
Parents control their children, at least early on.
And one of their first acts is to give the child a name. And that's the name. Adam named his neighbors, the animals and plants, because they were under his control. To get a handle on something means to be able to move it, to transport it, to pick it up and set it down at will. Moses wanted to get a handle on the God he met at Horeb, in the bush.