Lis on Law: "The New ERA is Women's Equality Amendment"

Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2007-05-26 15:35

Essay here. Excerpt:

"Nevertheless, Schlafly’s parade of horribles trudges along. She cautions, among other things, that “the ERA would draft women into military combat, abolish the presumption that a husband should support his wife” and lead to the “sex-integrating” of prisons and the Boy Scouts.

According to Congressman Nadler, such arguments are "simply not borne out by history and the facts.” Nearly half of all states have equal rights amendments or similar laws, he says, and none has experienced the legal chaos that critics like Schlafly have forecasted. “This is little more than sensationalist rhetoric designed to make us fear this utterly reasonable step to end discrimination," says Nadler."

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Amazing the blinders. As in:

"Case in point: we have only one woman sitting among eight others on the country’s highest court; just 16 percent of Congress is female; we are still earning just three quarters of what men make for doing the same work; we hold fewer than 15 percent of the board seats in major corporations; domestic violence statistics have been reaching all-time highs; and in every state but Montana, women still pay higher rates than similarly situated men for health, annuity, disability, and auto insurance."

Hard to know where to begin here. It's just a long list of propagandized half-truths/falsehoods. 'nuff said.

"...that laws should better reflect the fact that women have babies and men don’t."

That men don't have babies could be a reason for us to have the law skewed in our favor. Or not. Depends on what sort of bigot you are.

"Nearly half of all states have equal rights amendments or similar laws, he says, and none has experienced the legal chaos that critics like Schlafly have forecasted. “This is little more than sensationalist rhetoric designed to make us fear this utterly reasonable step to end discrimination," says Nadler."

That is because they are interpreted to give women special privileges but not men. If there were an actual implementation of the principle, yes, there would be chaos, as society seems all but built on the exploitation of men's wallets. Were that to end, good heavens, the gals would be lost!

"Whether Schlafly and her followers like it or not, women have become full-fledged participants in American society."

So why push for a federal ERA? Answer: So women can be more equal than men, of course!

The whole essay is dreck from start to finish.

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Submitted by mcc99 on Sat, 2007-05-26 23:06

This woman could not pass an eighth-grade logic exam, though she has the pouty mouth and hysterical fem-victimhood attitude that are required to be a spam TV spokesmodel.

She writes without any research citations (because they do not exist) -- "domestic violence statistics have been reaching all-time highs."

If you want to watch a video clip of her in full blonde self-righteous bimbo mode, check out her "debate" with MRA Marc Rudov at this link -

http://wms2.streamhoster.com/mhrudov/Cavuto_051807.wmv

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Submitted by Roy on Sun, 2007-05-27 00:44

When I try to play it it is virtual chaos. It sounds like someone called into a radio show with their radio near the phone.
-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Sun, 2007-05-27 02:10