GOP senator announces plan to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

[Wicked Blue]

Raw Story
Bob Brigham
January 22, 2021

"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex," the amendment declares. "The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification."

On Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined with Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) for a bipartisan joint resolution to remove the deadline to ratify the ERA.

"As we begin a new Congress, I can think of no better legislation to lead with than one that removes impediments to find ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment — an amendment that firmly embeds in law equality between men and women. We first moved the ERA through Congress back in 1972, but we stalled out on certification by the states until last year when Virginia ratified the ERA," Murkowski said in a statement. "After years of work alongside Senator Cardin, I urge my colleagues to join us in ensuring equality for all."

The joint resolution is being introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Rep. Tom Reed (D-NY) in the House of Representatives.

https://www.rawstory.com/equal-rights-amendment/

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Phyllis Schlafly is clawing her way out of the grave in opposition

Hope they buried her deep.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. She's still dead, right....? nt

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Let's all hope so

2020 is over, so, please, no zombie insurrection!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. I share your concerns. But can't guarantee we won't have one....... :-p

[11 Bravo]

7. Her soul expired decades ago.

Her body caught up in 2016.

[Vinca]

9. How could you tell if she wasn't? She looked dead for decades.

[jmowreader]

3. There's a reason they put caskets into concrete vaults before burying them

It cuts down on zombie incidents.

[a kennedy]

4. IT'S ABOUT GAWD DAMN TIME DONTCHA THINK???

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. It is.

[librechik]

15. Amen. And Women. n/t

[UpInArms]

10. I remember standing on street corners in Oklahoma City in 1979

trying to get signatures ... our hope was to pass it before RayGun destroyed the opportunity ...

what a long strange road this has been

[poli-junkie]

11. Would passage of the ERA mean all anti-abortion laws are null and void?

[klook]

18. It sure as hell should, but of course "we'll see" is the real answer. Entire text of the ERA here:

The following is the entire text of the Equal Rights Amendment:

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. (emphasis mine)
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.

Source: Wikipedia - https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment

[crickets]

12. This is amazing.

It was so frustrating not being able to quiiiiite get ERA over the finish line the first time around. I will celebrate so hard if we finally see this pass. It's way past time.

[AwakeAtLast]

16. AGREED! n/t

[RicROC]

13. Tom Reed is a Republican

What's this with New York State Republicans (Reed & Katko) cooperating with Democrats? A new day has dawned.

[lindysalsagal]

14. HELL, YES!!!

Freak the repressed, hateful, scared-of-women snowflakes right OUT!!!

[SunSeeker]

17. K & R

[BigmanPigman]

19. Woohoo...about time!!!

Hope Schlafly is rotting in Hell.

[Buckeyeblue]

20. This is fantastic news. How will the originalist on the court interpret it?