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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts) Tue Nov 5, 2019, 10:23 PM Nov 2019

So, what happens when a Blue Virginia ratifies the ERA?

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I wonder what Mitch is going to do?

Just asking for a few friends?

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So, what happens when a Blue Virginia ratifies the ERA? (Original Post) 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

Karadeniz

(22,541 posts)

1. How many more states will be needed?

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 10:39 PM

Nov 2019

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

2. This would be it.

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 10:40 PM

Nov 2019

OAITW r.2.0

(24,507 posts)

3. Finally! ERA should have passed 20+ years ago.

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 10:53 PM

Nov 2019

Better late then never!

a kennedy

(29,678 posts)

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

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:29 AM

Nov 2019

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)

4. I CAN'T WAIT!

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 10:56 PM

Nov 2019

BlueSpot

(855 posts)

5. That would be fucking awesome! n/t

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 11:00 PM

Nov 2019

Polybius

(15,448 posts)

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

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 11:05 PM

Nov 2019

I don't know it it would hold up in court or if we have to start over.

Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)

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

Reply to Polybius (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 11:48 PM

Nov 2019

OAITW r.2.0

(24,507 posts)

10. Well, just in case, let's do the Validation ERA Act of 2019.

Reply to Julian Englis (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:32 AM

Nov 2019

Put it on every State agenda now. Lets have a new discussion on this issue and make it another datapoint on where we are as a Secular Democratic Society.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

13. This is correct

Reply to Polybius (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 07:17 PM

Nov 2019

The ratification of the ERA by a 38th state is meaningless unless more work is done.

That being said, however: The legality and the constitutionality of a woman's right to comprehensive health care has been under constant assault since just a few years after Roe v. Wade was decided. Abortion has been a reliable fund-raiser for Republicans, a litmus test for their candidates. By sheer relentlessness, conservatives have chipped away at women's rights on any number of fronts.

The ratification of the ERA by 38 states could be the liberal counterpart to abortion as a party-defining issue.

Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)

8. CNN: Passage of Equal Rights Amendment likely in Virginia thanks to Democrats now controlling state

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:27 AM

Nov 2019

Even CNN has picked up on this meaning the ERA may be passed in Virginia.

Passage of Equal Rights Amendment likely in Virginia thanks to Democrats now controlling state Senate

Following news that Democrats will win at least 21 seats in the Virginia state Senate to take control of the chamber, Twitter has been flooded with messages of hope that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) will pass in the state.

The amendment declares that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex." Supported by the #MeToo movement and a body politic filled with women energized about making their constitutional equality a reality, support for the ERA has seen a revival in the past two years across the country.

Democrats poured a record-breaking amount of money into Virginia's state Legislature races. Virginia has long been a bellwether for national wins but has drifted left in recent years.

DavidDvorkin

(19,480 posts)

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.