Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

[groovychk]

Originally published at Twixel.net. You can comment here or there.

So tell me folks -

What in the hell is wrong with this? -

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ARTICLE

SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
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I’m baffled by the opposition. Mind blowingly baffled.
Granted - Two years is too long to wait for taking effect - but still… come on!

Comments

[maxomai.livejournal.com]

Didn't you hear? It would mandate homosexual rape of infants and make abortion a sacrament.

[groovychk.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah... and same-sex marriage (the horror!) and unisex bathrooms (yeah - this would happen -????) and taking away pension benefits of dead husbands from poor widows (wtf? why in the hell would this change?).
There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR THIS NOT TO BE LAW.