Equal Rights Amendment

[niyad]

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.[8][9

[cp]

1. It's time

Been wanting this for over forty years.

[niyad]

3. nearly one hundred years

On September 25, 1921, the National Woman's Party announced its plans to campaign for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to guarantee women equal rights with men. The text of the proposed amendment read:

Section 1. No political, civil, or legal disabilities or inequalities on account of sex or on account of marriage, unless applying equally to both sexes, shall exist within the United States or any territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.[11]

[cp]

4. Thanks, niyad

Appreciate the history. Makes it even more poignant and Overdue! May it become our law.

[niyad]

14. may it be so!!!

[llmart]

2. We need one more state, right?

Why isn't this already ratified? Boggles my mind.

[niyad]

7. patriarchy and misogyny are, alas, all too alive and well in this country.

[smirkymonkey]

11. What are the excuses cited by those who do not approve?

Other that flat out misogyny, what possible excuse could there be?

And none of this two-year waiting period shit! We have waited long enough!

[niyad]

15. nothing other than misogyny.

[brooklynite]

9. Yes or no...

The Congressional passage of the ERA included a deadline (once extended), which passed without the requisite number of States. Additionally, Nebraska, Tennessee, Idaho, and Kentucky rescinded their approval.

[samnsara]

5. ERA YES!

..i think wash state has their own amendment on the books..

[2naSalit]

6. Great but, we need to scratch #3..

We've been waiting far too long.

[niyad]

8. absolutely agree!!!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. I'm not sure the amendment can be amended, ...

... without starting over from scratch.

It's not clear that "un-ratification" is legal, but those few states might be unlikely to ratify a new E.R.A.

It'll take a few years for the legality of un-ratification to make it to the SC. Hopefully, no "Dem" justices retire or die before the "Rep" president and senate are gone.

[MuseRider]

10. While it is amazing

that it has never passed I am not surprised at all. Not one bit. If it gets passed it will likely be chipped away at like our abortion rights, birth control access in places and just about every advance we have ever made or tried to make.

Once again, who are the criminals in this country and why do they get away with running things? Expect things to get really hard as we are making progress. Look how many women reporters there are now, how many in positions of power and in our government. I doubt I live to see this happen, the backlash is getting pretty big, but hopefully you younger women will.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Who are it's biggest enemies?

Lets work on exposing them and bringing them down!