groovychk | New Drive Afoot to Pass Equal Rights Amendment

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New Drive Afoot to Pass Equal Rights Amendment - washingtonpost.com
Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, reviving a feminist goal that faltered a quarter-century ago when the measure did not gain the approval of three-quarters of the state legislatures.
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Although more states are considering ratifying the ERA now than at any other time in the past 25 years, activists still face serious hurdles. Every statewide officeholder in Arkansas endorsed the amendment this year, but the bill stalled in committee last week after Eagle Forum President Phyllis Schlafly came to Little Rock to testify against the measure.

In the 1970s, Schlafly and others argued that the ERA would lead to women being drafted by the military and to public unisex bathrooms. Today, she warns lawmakers that its passage would compel courts to approve same-sex marriages and deny Social Security benefits for housewives and widows.
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WTF? What in the hell is wrong with that woman? That’s part of what equality is you dumbass. And yeah - the bathroom and benefits claims are ridiculous.
Oh yeah - shame on you Arkansas - that is absolutely pathetic.