Anonymous ID: cf06c9 Jan. 22, 2019, 7:24 p.m. No.4868818   🗄️.is 🔗kun

"Debate over whether Virginia should ratify the Equal Rights Amendment grew more emotional on Tuesday when a Republican lawmaker sparred with a longtime ERA activist during a House subcommittee hearing. Republicans then voted to kill the measure, but supporters said they want it brought back for a full committee vote.

The proposed federal amendment says: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” It provides that Congress shall have the power to enforce its provisions “by appropriate legislation.”

 

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