I fully support passage of the ERA! Still, not a U.S. Constitutional Amendment, the Equal Rights Amendment is designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex.
It is outrageous that it has been nearly 100 years since the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was first introduced in the U.S. Congress shortly after the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
It has been over 50 years since the U.S. House and Senate passed the ERA and it was submitted to the state legislatures for ratification, as provided by Article V of the U.S. Constitution. 35 of the necessary 38 state ratifications were secured by 1977 and in recent years the remaining necessary 3 state ratifications were obtained.
Originally, the ERA had wide, bipartisan political support, but many conservatives and Republicans have become hostile to the ERA.
Currently the ERA is surrounded by legal uncertainty about the consequences of the Virginian ratification, due to expired deadlines and five states’ revocations.
I will actively support a positive resolution of these legal uncertainties to finally have passage of the ERA as a Constitutional Amendment!
Michael E. Kerr
2022 Congressional Candidate CA District 10
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