Person does not mean person in the Constitution.
The word "person" in the 14th Amendment (No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States: nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws) did not apply to women in 1868 when the amendment was written. The Supreme Court has recently denied women protection based on that fact.
Women are not protected by the Constitution.
The integrity of the Constitution needs to be restored.
Four bills have been introduced this year to pass the Equal Rights Amendment:
House Joint Resolution 53: HJR 53
House Joint Resolution 33: HJR 33
Senate Joint Resolution 5: SJR 5
Senate Joint Resolution 6: SJR 6
Nevada ratified the ERA in March. We need two more states.
Illinois and Virginia have come close to ratifying over the last six years. North Carolina seems close as well.
These are the states that haven't ratified yet.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Utah
Virginia
According to the ERA Coalition, 80% of Americans believe the Equal Rights Amendment has already been passed.
1972 Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment with a landslide in both houses. 96% of Americans now believe that men and women should have equal protection under the law. Passing the ERA will not require a fight, it requires education.
The ERA Coalition requests that we host a house party to view the film, Equal Means Equal and encourage each viewer to host a house party and so on to spread the word exponentially.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/equal-means-equal/id1145018277
I recommend watching the first 23 minutes and fast forwarding to 1:27 to get the facts. The portion in the middle is essentially a film within a film.
Women, when asked, "How are you?" Reply, "I'm okay, but I'm not protected by the Constitution."
Men, when asked, "How are you?" Reply, "I'm okay, but women aren't protected by the Constitution."