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justiceischeap

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16. In a way we didn't win though because we didn't get the ERA passed

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #10)

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 10:35 PM

Feb 2012

I think things would be different if we had gotten that passed.

The Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923 to affirm that women and men have equal rights under the law, is still not part of the U.S. Constitution.

The ERA was passed out of Congress in 1972 and has been ratified by 35 of the necessary 38 states. When three more states vote yes, it is possible that the ERA could become the 28th Amendment. The ERA could also be ratified by restarting the traditional process of passage by a two-thirds majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives, followed by ratification by legislatures in three-quarters (38) of the 50 states.

I think a push for the final 3 states should be made and this year would be perfect for it.

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