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"I never doubted
that equal rights was the right direction.
Most reforms,
most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated
about ordinary equality."
Alice Paul - 1972
NOT THEN...
NOT IN 2008...
NOT EVER!
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Empowering
Women to Unite & Mobilize!
PASSING THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT...
THE
TIME IS NOW FOR
2010 & BEYOND !
The
Majority United is a national
member organization, dedicated
to achieving Women's Rights in ways that are effective,
efficient and enduring...
...like helping to get the ERA passed at last !
"Equality of rights under the law shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or
by any state on account of sex."
The U.S.
Congress passed the Equal
Rights Amendment in 1972, but it set a seven year time limit for
ratification. During this time 38 states needed to ratify the
amendment. Congress later added a three year extension, but by June 30,
1982 the amendment was three states short of full ratification.
Then in 1992, Congress added the Madison Amendment to the Constitution.
The Madison Amendment was passed by Congress in 1789. The ratification
of this 27th amendment, 203 years after it was passed by Congress, set
a precedent which, when applied to the Equal Rights Amendment, means
that the ERA is still legally viable and before the states.
According to this legal opinion, Congressional Research Service at the
Library of Congress full ratification can be achieved once three more
states ratify the ERA.
Unratified States:
Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia
ERA resolutions introduced in 2007:
Arizona-SCR1019,
HCR2046
Arkansas–HJR 1002
Illinois–HJRCA0002
Florida–S0272,
H8003
Louisiana–HCR 4
Missouri–SCR7
There are also active ERA campaigns in:
Georgia
North
Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Join
The Majority United
today in our efforts to unite
women to finally make a difference in
the lives of all women now and in future generations to come.
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