If Romney Cares About Women He Should Call For Passing The Equal Rights Amendment

[enlightenment]

1. Are you familiar with the

ratify the ERA website? The argument for the 'three state' solution to the issue would mean the bill does not have to be reintroduced. This idea is what is driving most of the current push.

http://www.united4equality.com/

I think it would be an easy thing for Romney to claim to support ratification. It would be more of a challenge for him to support the current resolutions calling for Congress to remove the time limit that was imposed on the 1972 bill - which would mean that only three more states need to ratify (they've already extended it once, which proves that Congress can remove the limit if they want to do so).

For Romney, saying he thinks ratification is a good idea is largely toothless, since it's a state issue. Saying that Congress should remove the time limit on the current bill's ratification is actually asking him to stand for something; since it might actually happen he'd have to put his money where his mouth is.

I don't believe the current Congress would ever approve a new version of the bill - and if they did, it is not clear if states that ratified in 1972 would do so again. I could see several of the states pulling back if we tried ratification again (since we seem to be speeding backward, not forward, in terms of rights). The three state solution is the better route, I think.