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

[deviantgm.livejournal.com]

The realities of history, incidentally, have shown that the U.S. has generally staggered in the direction of personal freedom. To recognize that is not sexist.

Humanity in general has also staggered in the direction of tolerance and freedom.

Either way, there is no sexism involved. I might as well call YOU sexist for insisting that women need special legislation to retain their equality. If one were reading into things, one might think that you were taking the position that men are, as a rule, tyrannical. THAT would be sexist. Believing in the human race? Not so much.

[groovychk.livejournal.com]

Yes yes - call me sexist for wanting to guarantee the equality of all. I'll sit back while we look at history and realize how ridiculous that is.

[deviantgm.livejournal.com]

I'm not calling you sexist. I'm pointing out that you're as sexist as I am... that is, not at all. You do not want your comments to be construed as anti-male because they aren't. I do not want my comments construed as anti-female because I am not. Where we differ is not in our desire for equal rights... we differ in the areas of what freedoms individuals should be afforded, and in the necessity for an amendment.

[groovychk.livejournal.com]

Hehe - this gets my brain going and makes me smile. Infuriating at times - but don't take this the wrong way please :-)
And damn if I didn't recognize the 14th amendment - I was looking at that and thinking "that's already in there somewhere isn't it?"
It actually crossed my mind that you might be doing that - but I was too lazy to go look.

[deviantgm.livejournal.com]

I cheat; I have a pocket Constitution w/ amendments.