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calimary

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22. Exactly. Why do these people want to take all the advantages for themselves and then

Reply to Archae (Reply #21)

Sat May 9, 2015, 11:06 PM

May 2015

when they succeed, all they want to do is pull the ladder up behind them so nobody else can benefit the way they did. clarence thomas is another one. They're all over everywhere. They literally infest the republi-CON party. IGMFU (I Got Mine, F-U).

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The ERA was Re-introduced in the Senate for Ratification Yesterday [View all] niyad May 2015 OP

K&R... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #1

It's shameful that this didn't happen decades ago. n/t winter is coming May 2015 #2

yes, it is. in this 'greatest, bestest, most wonderful country in the world", women still niyad May 2015 #3

I worked on that campaign.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #11

I remember the bathroom argument. It's as if they didn't know we had unisex toilets CTyankee May 2015 #26

It's pathetic we even need an ERA Novara May 2015 #4

well, that was exactly what was meant, "all white, property-owning males are created equal" niyad May 2015 #6

I am surprised this current congress hasn't tried to repeal the 19th amendment etherealtruth May 2015 #5

actually, there have been proposals for that very thing. niyad May 2015 #7

Yes, they have. The GOP and Constitutionalist parties have both pushed this for decades. freshwest May 2015 #19

jeeezus... BlancheSplanchnik May 2015 #29

TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE. It's why I ignore more online. The real game is in the statehouses. freshwest May 2015 #31

k&r beam me up scottie May 2015 #8

wont have that jackass henry hyde messing w the vote in il this time. mopinko May 2015 #9

I still hate his rotting putrid corpse...... lastlib May 2015 #15

well, that. mopinko May 2015 #16

Fill the visitor galleries of these states with women. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #10

The ERA will never be passed I'm afraid... Archae May 2015 #12

That woman has been a thorn in our side for decades. Maybe she's one of the undead? calimary May 2015 #14

Of course. Archae May 2015 #21

Exactly. Why do these people want to take all the advantages for themselves and then calimary May 2015 #22

Yet another reason why we must retake Congress. okasha May 2015 #13

It passed Congress in 1972. They can't do it alone. The states defeated the ERA: freshwest May 2015 #25

K&R Terra Alta May 2015 #17

Somebody should ask Jeb Bush why he opposed ratifying the ERA as FL governor in 2003. seafan May 2015 #18

Would it even be valid? davidn3600 May 2015 #20

The linked article is confusing on that score. There are two different approaches. Jim Lane May 2015 #23

Is there a list of the states that have ratified it! n/t patricia92243 May 2015 #24

Ratifications 1972–1977 progressoid May 2015 #28

How can they extend the deadline without going back in time to before 1982? Reter May 2015 #27

Just like BumRushDaShow May 2015 #30

Key words "about to expire" Reter May 2015 #35

You didn't read the link BumRushDaShow May 2015 #37

Let the brassiere bonfire begin... AngryAmish May 2015 #32

Lets assume this amendment jamzrockz May 2015 #33

R#76 & K nt UTUSN May 2015 #34

Great. Now we can have a second go at being told we aren't equal. n/t Ms. Toad May 2015 #36

. . . . niyad May 2015 #38