What legislation could the candidates support that would most advance equality?

between the sexes? Do Gender Issues effect your vote?What legislation could the candidates support that would most advance equality?
The Equal Rights Amendment as written protects men as well as women from discrimination based on sex. Pass the ERA!
the equal rights amendment.What legislation could the candidates support that would most advance equality?
There are more important issues than gender issues to vote on, right now. In America, anyways. If this was Kuwait or Iraq, probably, it would.
doesn't the bill of rights guaranty equal rights for all?What legislation could the candidates support that would most advance equality?
I didn't know there was inequality between the genders. Hell, I've worked for 6 female bosses.
The ERA, obviously, but I don't expect any of them to bring it up until some commentator does. (Maybe they should.)
I agree the ERA needs to be passed, even if the present laws are enforced, there are quite a few loopholes that depend on the Supreme Court to deal with, and the Supreme Court can change how they interpret the present laws at any time: http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/



Here's what the ERA states:

Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.



Why is it still needed?

People think the 1963 Equal Pay Act, Title VII and Title IX of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, plus Supreme Court decisions

based on the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, is enough to deal with sex discrimination.



But ERA supporters counter that legal sex discrimination is not yet a thing of the past, and progress of the past 40 years can be changed by court decisions and by congress. Title IX is under constant attack. While some remaining inequities are more the result of individual behavior and social practices than legal discrimination, they can all be

influenced by a strong message that the Constitution has zero tolerance for sex discrimination.



Quite a few important sex discrimination cases have been ignored by the Supreme Court. The ERA would make the need for this constant litigation mute.



Do gender issues affect my vote? Yes. I pay close attention before voting how candidates have voted on the Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Pay Restoration Act, State Children's Health Insurance Program, CEDAW, Access to Birth Control Act, Freedom of Choice Act, Hate Crimes, Marriage, and Family Planning legislation.
nuclear war.

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