ERA in the News: Aug 9-16, 2019
States in green are where the ERA was in the news this week!
It's been an exciting week in New Jersey, as the Democratic congressional representatives came out in support of HJ-Res 38 which, when passed, will remove the original ERA deadline assigned to the ERA in 1977. As of today, all but one Democratic congressperson has signed on in support of the bill..
ERA support is also continuing to grow in Florida and Arizona, as individual cities and towns are making public statements promoting the ERA. In Virginia, groups are mobilizing to vote pro-ERA officials into the state house (the ERA failed to advance toward ratification in Virginia in February 2019, losing by one vote!).
Where else was the ERA in the news this week? Read the exciting news stories below!
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Aug. 9 9 Women on Whether they Would Abolish the Constitution, The Cut
Aug. 10 Can millennials save Playboy?, The Independent
Aug. 10 Read Shirley Chisholm' iconic Equal Rights Amendment speech delivered on this day in 1970, Face2Face Africa
Aug. 15 The US Government Doesn't Care About Afghan Women, AntiWar.com
Aug. 15 Michael Bennet Endorses Constitutional Amendment for LGBTQ Equality, Advocate.com
Aug. 15 Julian Castro proposes plan to tax inheritance, provide family tax credit, UPI.com
Aug. 16 A 'grand bargain' that secured the South for the GOP, Washington Post
FLORIDA
Aug. 9 Democratic Women's Club of the Villages, Villages-News
Aug. 15 Let's ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, Port St. Joe Star
Aug. 16 St. Pete City Council backs Equal Rights Amendment, Green New Deal, Florida Politics
Aug. 15 St. Pete City Council takes bold stand on Green New Deal, Equal Rights Amendment, St. Pete Catalyst
HAWAII
Aug. 11 The Second Amendment no longer reasonable, TheGardenIsland.com
IOWA
Aug. 9 Letters: A tribute to shooting victims, Iowa City Press Citizen
MINNESOTA
Aug. 12 Equal rights event to be held in Roseville next week, TwinCities.com
NEW JERSEY
Aug. 9 Sills Cummis & Gross welcomes Prol as new member, ROI-NJ.com
Aug. 13 Payne backs ERA extension, leaving Van Drew as only NJ Dem not co-sponsoring resolution, The New Jersey Globe
Aug. 15 A Night in Suffrage White: A Pop-Up Dinner Celebrating 99 Years of Women's Right to Vote, InsiderNJ
NEW YORK
Aug. 9 Domestic violence in New York: How these new laws will help to protect victims, Press Sun-Bulletin
NORTH CAROLINA
Aug. 15 Patricia Sledge campaigns for Spencer Board of Aldermen, Salisbury Post
UTAH
Aug. 15 'Mormon Land': The ERA is back and female members are pushing for it, with their church, Salt Lake Tribune
VIRGINIA
Aug. 9 We need the Equal Rights Amendment, The Central Virginian
Aug. 9 Federal Judge rules Gloucester County's restroom policy violated Gavin Grimm's civil rights, Metro Weekly
Aug. 10 Danica Roem, Trans History Maker, Fights Another Anti-LGBT Candidate, Daily Beast
Aug. 12 Anti-LGBTQ groups are funding the bigoted opponent of this trans legislator, LGBTQ Nation
Aug. 13 Anti-LGBTQ groups are donating thousands to oust the first openly trans state legislator, AlterNet
WASHINGTON
Aug. 10 A Centennial Celebration of Suffrage: Suffragists in Seattle uphold 'proof of life', Seattle Times
OBITUARY
David Dismore, cyclist for the ERA
OPPOSITION
Aug. 12 Equal Rights Amendment Attempts to Resurrect it 37 Years Too Late, Catholic Culture