“Ronald Reagan, leading a successful effort to ratify the ERA as governor of California in 1972, said "the simple declaration that 'equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex' is morally unassailable." He was right then, and remains right today. Blacks and women were both treated as second-class citizens in the Constitution ratified in 1789; the 14th amendment (and the other Reconstruction Amendments) righted that wrong for the former, and it is past time the ERA did so for the latter.”
12/11/2019 at pre-filing of S.901
The Equal Rights amendment is just 24 simple words. No money needs allocation; no language needs reconciliation. Just an up or down vote for equality.
South Carolina, a state with a history of inequality, could join fellow Southern State Virginia in giving women the same rights men have had for over 230 years.
Bipartisan Resolutions are in both the South Carolina House and Senate and a simple up or down vote is all that’s required. The time is now. Let’s get this done.
12/18/2018 at pre-filing of H.3391
Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
U.S. Senate statement Strom Thurmond in 1957 that really struck home. He said:
" ... despite their very clear position of numerical superiority, women remain in many aspects under the degrading letter and spirit of English common law which placed them on a decidedly inferior legal level. The women of America deserve equal rights. That is why I am co-sponsoring the Equal Rights Amendment."
https/tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2455&context=strom
South Carolina, a state with a history of inequality, could join fellow Southern State Virginia in giving women the same rights men have had for over 230 years.
Bipartisan Resolutions are in both the South Carolina House and Senate and a simple up or down vote is all that’s required. The time is now. Let’s get this done.
12/18/2018 at pre-filing of H.3391
Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
U.S. Senate statement Strom Thurmond in 1957 that really struck home. He said:
" ... despite their very clear position of numerical superiority, women remain in many aspects under the degrading letter and spirit of English common law which placed them on a decidedly inferior legal level. The women of America deserve equal rights. That is why I am co-sponsoring the Equal Rights Amendment."
https/tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2455&context=strom