Democrats reviving fight over the ERA (whow!!)

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http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/17247460.htm
Posted on Fri, May. 18, 2007

Democrats reviving fight over the ERA
By Rob Hotakainen
McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON - For Sen. Claire McCaskill, equality for women is "just like motherhood and apple pie," but the Missouri Democrat is none too eager to change the Constitution to guarantee it.

So as Congress prepares for hearings on a revived Equal Rights Amendment, McCaskill is on the sidelines, much to the disappointment of some of her feminist backers.

"The ERA - just because of the history of it, just in and of itself - is an incredibly divisive thing, and sometimes I'm not sure that the divisiveness is worth it," McCaskill said in an interview in her Capitol Hill office.

Stacey Newman, executive director of the Missouri Women's Coalition, said it's "fabulous" the Democratic-led Congress is promoting the cause once again, and she's hoping McCaskill gets on board. ......

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1. Well, the old argument was that women would be drafted

And have to serve in combat.

Yeah, so?