The NY Times Daily podcast had an episode this week about people lobbying President Biden to declare that the Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified, even though the specified ratification period ended over 40 years ago. Although their cause is admirable, I did not find their legal arguments compelling.
On the other hand, none of these efforts would have been necessary if LDS church leaders (by definition male and by policy geriatric) hadn't mobilized female members to oppose the ERA in key states such as Virginia and Nevada.
I remember as a kid my parents inviting over a woman that my mother had "taught" in church when they first lived in Virginia. Their bizarre and disgusting intention was to show me that their racist, sexist, and homophobic brainwashing of children and youth was truly wonderful instead of the horrific atrocity that it obviously was.
Of course, I'm sure my mother thinks that it's great that women in places like Utah and Idaho die because they lack access to basic health care.
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