I think this year would be a great year for the ERA

[justiceischeap]

and I think it's time women got serious about getting this passed. Part of the issue is that some of the politicians "representing" us, don't consider us as equal as they do. If the ERA were ratified we could at least say, you do not have a legal right to deny us anything, let alone contraceptives. You do not have a legal right to force us to take tests that are not necessary. Anyway, it's an idea.

http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/

[niyad]

1. was thinking the same thing yesterday

the problem is, there is even less likelihood now of it being passed then ever

[DURHAM D]

2. Any year is a great year for the ERA.

However, I believe the Amendment has timed out. Unfortunately, it is the only Amendment in our history that had a restricted time frame for passage. Have you seen an argument for taking down the court decision that created the limit?

I hope that someone can make the argument but I think we will need to start over again. I hope like hell to be wrong.

[justiceischeap]

3. I thought I saw something on Wiki that some believe

it couldn't time out... I'll have to go check and then come back with an edit.

Nope, I read it wrong, here's the info I was referring to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment#Three-state_strategy

The three-state strategy is an argument made by some ERA supporters that the earlier 35 state ratifications are still valid and therefore only three more are needed in order to add the ERA to the Constitution, without Congress resubmitting it to state lawmakers. Since 1994, proponents of the three-state strategy have promoted ratification resolutions in the legislatures of most of the 15 states that never ratified the ERA approved by Congress in 1972. These attempts have met stiff resistance—some opponents characterize the measures as "resurrection resolutions"—and no legislature has approved one.

The three-state strategy was publicly unveiled at a press conference held in Washington, D.C., in December 1993. According to an Associated Press report, "a coalition of women's groups," operating under the name "ERA Summit," planned "to ask Congress to nullify 1982 deadline for ratification."[26] Early the following year, Representative Robert E. Andrews, Democrat from New Jersey, introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to require that "when the legislatures of an additional three states ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the House of Representatives shall take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as a part of the Constitution."[27] No action was taken on the resolution.

For some reason, the ERA scares some men and women silly. I think it would be an appropriate time to start talking about this... loudly. If a situation ever proved women were in need of this federally, now is that situation.

[obamanut2012]

4. I agree