As it should have been. I think the FCC is correct that Amateur Radio and GMRS are two different radio services and should be kept separate.
The reasoning behind the proposed rule change could open up a Pandora's Box for the rest of the radio spectrum. Why stop at GMRS? Amateur Radio has frequencies in all parts of the spectrum, so using the reasoning in the request, we should also be able to use CB, MURS, Public Service, Marine, and Aviation frequencies with our (modifed) ham radios. I mean, CB is right below 10 Meters, Marine and MURS are just above 2 Meters, and we all know that the whacker community would love to get their hands on legal use of Public Service frequencies.
Getting into GMRS legally isn't hard. Buy a license and buy certified GMRS equipment. Sure, plenty of people would like to do it the easy way (and some already do illegally) by using their ham radios on GMRS (or other radio services), but the easy way isn't always the right way to do something.
I did get a laugh out of the comment that said "...with no practicable way for the Commission to monitor and enforce regulatory compliance for these devices", considering that the FCC is already doing such a poor job of enforcing the rules of GMRS with the legal sale of hybrid FRS/GMRS radios and Chinese handhelds that transmit all across VHF/UHF and are being used on GMRS.
So, I guess the FCC still says that using your ham radio on GMRS isn't legal. How about that.