Why must we still struggle so?
This is bordering, no wait a minute, today has become the most surreal day. First I saw the report of the auntie who objected to the title of a play "The Vagina Monologues", and the marquee now reads "The Hoohaa Monologues". She complained that she didn't like having to explain to her niece what a vagina is. An eleven year old girl does not know what a vagina is. I weep.
They are clearly missing the point. Do we need to discuss this further?
The following just showed up on the online edition of "Pine Bluff Commercial," www.pbcommercial.com
ERA ratification resolution stalls in House committee
By ANDREW DeMILLO
LITTLE ROCK - A resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment stalled in a House committee Wednesday, despite a plea from former Arkansas Gov. David Pryor who urged legislators to approve the measure.
Pryor, also a former U.S. senator, spoke in favor of the measure before the Arkansas House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. Pryor said that in 1975, as governor, he urged lawmakers to ratify the amendment but was unable to do so.
"We didn't do it and I have regretted it ever since that day," Pryor said.
The bill stalled on a 10-10 committee vote.
Arkansas was one of 15 states that had not passed the amendment when the deadline passed in 1982. The measure states equality of rights "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
Gov. Mike Beebe has said he also supports ratification.
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly warned lawmakers that the amendment would make all federal laws gender-neutral, and suggested organizations such as fraternities and sororities would have to be combined to comply with the amendment.
"It's a fraud," Schlafly said. "The amendment pretends to help women but it does nothing for them."
Supporters of the amendment argue that it could still be added to the Constitution if three more states ratify it, and point to the ratification of the 27th amendment in 1992.
The 27th amendment, which forces lawmakers to wait one election before raising their salaries, was ratified more than 200 years after it was proposed as part of the Bill of Rights.
A service of the Associated Press(AP)
Phyliss Schafly needs to grow up and admit her time has passed. Poor sad dear. Bless her heart.
They are clearly missing the point. Do we need to discuss this further?
The following just showed up on the online edition of "Pine Bluff Commercial," www.pbcommercial.com
ERA ratification resolution stalls in House committee
By ANDREW DeMILLO
LITTLE ROCK - A resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment stalled in a House committee Wednesday, despite a plea from former Arkansas Gov. David Pryor who urged legislators to approve the measure.
Pryor, also a former U.S. senator, spoke in favor of the measure before the Arkansas House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. Pryor said that in 1975, as governor, he urged lawmakers to ratify the amendment but was unable to do so.
"We didn't do it and I have regretted it ever since that day," Pryor said.
The bill stalled on a 10-10 committee vote.
Arkansas was one of 15 states that had not passed the amendment when the deadline passed in 1982. The measure states equality of rights "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
Gov. Mike Beebe has said he also supports ratification.
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly warned lawmakers that the amendment would make all federal laws gender-neutral, and suggested organizations such as fraternities and sororities would have to be combined to comply with the amendment.
"It's a fraud," Schlafly said. "The amendment pretends to help women but it does nothing for them."
Supporters of the amendment argue that it could still be added to the Constitution if three more states ratify it, and point to the ratification of the 27th amendment in 1992.
The 27th amendment, which forces lawmakers to wait one election before raising their salaries, was ratified more than 200 years after it was proposed as part of the Bill of Rights.
A service of the Associated Press(AP)
Phyliss Schafly needs to grow up and admit her time has passed. Poor sad dear. Bless her heart.
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