Here's to Joan, Peggy, and all the women of the '60s & '70s who led the way!
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April 17, 2015
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May 20, 2015
by Madison Kimre
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Alice Paul wrote the amendment in 1923. That’s right. People have been working to ensure that men and women have equal treatment under the law since 1923. The ERA has fallen just three states short of being ratified. There is a bill right now in Congress to extend the original deadline for ratification and bills in the states to get it ratified. In other words, this is doable. Constitutional gender equality is well within our reach.
73% of Americans think we’ve already passed the ERA. Some people think we don’t need an ERA because they think the 14th Amendment guarantees men and women equal rights. They are wrong. The 14th Amendment has indeed been applied in cases of sex discrimination but only provides for intermediate judicial review. The 14th amendment can apply in cases where the government has compelling interest to employ it, as in cases of government discrimination. In order for the courts to apply strict scrutiny that would guarantee protection against discrimination by businesses, for example, sex would need to be included in the Constitution as a protected class, just as the 15th amendment protects citizens based on race. That way, judges wouldn’t have to decide whether or not they think existing laws can be used to enforce equal treatment. It would be right there in the Constitution and there would be no question that equal rights could not be denied on account of sex.
read entire piece at http://kaj-roar.com/2015/05/73-of-americans-mistakenly-believe-we-have-gender-equality/
