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DavidDvorkin

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11. Would the courts interpret "sex" to mean "gender"?

Reply to Julian Englis (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:39 AM

Nov 2019

Meaning "gender identification". The usage has changed since the ERA was written, so it seems to me that they should. If the courts did rule that way, it would a big thing and contentious in some parts of the country.

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So, what happens when a Blue Virginia ratifies the ERA? [View all] Julian Englis Nov 2019 OP

How many more states will be needed? Karadeniz Nov 2019 #1

This would be it. NCLefty Nov 2019 #2

Finally! ERA should have passed 20+ years ago. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2019 #3

Damn right, and I still don't believe we don't have it in 2019. a kennedy Nov 2019 #9

I CAN'T WAIT! Maru Kitteh Nov 2019 #4

That would be fucking awesome! n/t BlueSpot Nov 2019 #5

The ERA was written with an expiration date though, and it expired in the early 80's Polybius Nov 2019 #6

It's not clear if the expiration date is legal or counts. No provision in the Constitution for it... Julian Englis Nov 2019 #7

Well, just in case, let's do the Validation ERA Act of 2019. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2019 #10

This is correct gratuitous Nov 2019 #13

CNN: Passage of Equal Rights Amendment likely in Virginia thanks to Democrats now controlling state Julian Englis Nov 2019 #8

Would the courts interpret "sex" to mean "gender"? DavidDvorkin Nov 2019 #11

I stood on street corners in 1979 in Oklahoma UpInArms Nov 2019 #12

McConnell can and will block suspension of the deadline. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #14