The Equal Rights Amendment- Will it Finally Become a Reality?

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) | Definition, History, Text, Pros and Cons, & Facts | Britannica

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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would invalidate many state and federal laws that discriminate against women; its central underlying principle is that sex should not determine the legal rights of men or women.

The main objections to the ERA were based on fears that women would lose privileges and protections such as exemption from compulsory military service and combat duty and economic support from husbands for themselves and their children.

Advocates of the ERA, led primarily by the National Organization for Women (NOW), maintained, however, that the issue was mainly economic. NOW’s position was that many sex-discriminatory state and federal laws perpetuated a state of economic dependence among a large number of women and that laws determining child support and job opportunities should be designed for the individual rather than for one sex.

My note: Clearly it is two edged sword. As always, rights and responsibilities are two sides of the same coin. I believe that most women, especially those who are younger, would gladly accept those responsibilities. It really comes down to the question of whether or not we cling to traditional gender roles as opposed to embracing the blurring of those lines. The fact is that with or without the ERA, gender roles and responsibilities have evolved from decades past. While certain occupations are still dominated by either men or women, there are few insurmountable barriers for women to assume traditional male roles. The barriers that exist are for the most part, not legal barriers but rather the result of systemic sexism. Enshrining the ERA into the Constitution will not eradicate those institutional barriers overnight, but reforming the legal system is the next logical step on the road to true equality.

My Legal Note: Although the required ¾ of the states have ratified the Amendment, it has not been ratified to the Constitution because the final state nee d to reach that threshold Virginia, until 2020, nearly 40 years after the deadline that was set by congress. However, there is nothing in the constitution that requires such a deadline. Congress extended it once already and could do so again, or eliminate it entirely, but will they?

In recent news:

A new wave of Black women are leading the fight for the ERA | The Hill

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Black women in Congress — specifically Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) — are taking the lead in trying to revive the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to guarantee equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender.

The ERA, a subject of furious debate a half-century ago, would be the 28th amendment to the Constitution if affirmed by Congress. Already, 38 states have ratified the amendment, and 27 states have their own ERAs in their state constitutions.

“The early Black women intellectuals and activists didn’t get a lot of attention because there was sexism and patriarchal thinking in Black communities and racism in white communities,” said Sharon Harley, a historian and professor of Black women’s labor history and racial and gender politics at University of Maryland.

Some of the most prominent women involved in the fight for gender equality go back to the 1800s, when abolitionists and suffragettes like Maria Stewart and Sojourner Truth spearheaded the fight for racial and gender equality for Black women.

Background:

What is the Equal Rights Amendment | CNN Politics

Backers of the ERA say it went into effect as of January 27, (2022) having met all the constitutional requirements, and should be published as the 28th Amendment.

Opponents – and even some legal experts who support the ERA – say the amendment is dead and has not been validly ratified, pointing to a deadline that passed, state rescissions, prior court decisions and Justice Department legal opinion.

Putting aside the unresolved constitutional questions about the ERA, it’s worth examining what the amendment is and what it would do – though that too is debated.

First introduced in 1923, and passed by Congress nearly 50 years later, the Equal Rights Amendment reads:
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.
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.
The text of the amendment is simple, but what it may do when applied is broad.

 

[Jessica-stormlover]

It needs to add LGBT rights and need to make our rights federally protected.

 

[1srelluc]

It needs to add LGBT rights and need to make our rights federally protected.

I hear there has been some success with good old fashioned shock therapy for your ilk.

 

[GMCGeneral]

It needs to add LGBT rights and need to make our rights federally protected.

Your special "rights" are already pandered to, stupid dyke twat.

 

[GMCGeneral]

Thankfully, 2/3s of the states still believe in common sense and will shitcan this just like they did every other time.

 

[HeyNorm]

It needs to add LGBT rights and need to make our rights federally protected.

To be a woman is immutable.

To be gay trans or one of the other alphabet is not.

Pretty simple.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

I hear there has been some success with good old fashioned shock therapy for your ilk.

Must be the voices in your head

 

[Pellinore]

Eventually, maybe, but I don't see it getting a lot of push for peoples' attention right now.

 

[DudleySmith]

I hear there has been some success with good old fashioned shock therapy for your ilk.

Deportation would be much better therapy.

 

[marvin martian]

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) | Definition, History, Text, Pros and Cons, & Facts | Britannica

Selected Excerpts: ( All text credited to the linked articles unless otherwise noted)




My note: Clearly it is two edged sword. As always, rights and responsibilities are two sides of the same coin. I believe that most women, especially those who are younger, would gladly accept those responsibilities. It really comes down to the question of whether or not we cling to traditional gender roles as opposed to embracing the blurring of those lines. The fact is that with or without the ERA, gender roles and responsibilities have evolved from decades past. While certain occupations are still dominated by either men or women, there are few insurmountable barriers for women to assume traditional male roles. The barriers that exist are for the most part, not legal barriers but rather the result of systemic sexism. Enshrining the ERA into the Constitution will not eradicate those institutional barriers overnight, but reforming the legal system is the next logical step on the road to true equality.

My Legal Note: Although the required ¾ of the states have ratified the Amendment, it has not been ratified to the Constitution because the final state nee d to reach that threshold Virginia, until 2020, nearly 40 years after the deadline that was set by congress. However, there is nothing in the constitution that requires such a deadline. Congress extended it once already and could do so again, or eliminate it entirely, but will they?

In recent news:

A new wave of Black women are leading the fight for the ERA | The Hill

Selected Excerpts: ( All text credited to the linked articles unless otherwise noted)





Background:

What is the Equal Rights Amendment | CNN Politics

Define "woman".

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Define "woman".

Define "equality"

 

[HeyNorm]

Define "equality"

Athletic competition based on biological sex.

Separation in locker rooms based on biological sex.

It ain’t that tough.

 

[marvin martian]

Define "equality"

Men and women treated equally.

Now, define "woman".

 

[Zoë4ever]

It needs to add LGBT rights and need to make our rights federally protected.

What rights do they not have that heterosexual people do?

 

[martybegan]

Define "equality"

Where are women not equal under the law with men?

 

[Jessica-stormlover]

What rights do they not have that heterosexual people do?

Seeing that many red states are trying to ban any and all discussion of said people and even medical care. Well, the right to exist as everyone else enjoys and a stop on the limiting of said liberties.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Where are women not equal under the law with men?

Let's start with reproductive health care, shall we?

 

[marvin martian]

Let's start with reproductive health care, shall we?

Ok, start.

 

[martybegan]

Let's start with reproductive health care, shall we?

Nope.

In states where abortion is regulated men can't get abortions outside the regulations either.

 

[Zoë4ever]

Seeing that many red states are trying to ban any and all discussion of said people and even medical care. Well, the right to exist as everyone else enjoys and a stop on the limiting of said liberties.

Which red states deny LGBT individuals medical care and the right to exist? That sounds awful!