When Is the Last Time You Thought About The ERA?

Arkansas State Senator Sue Madison of hasn't forgotten about it.

She's pushing "Senate Joint Resolution 12"  that would "have Arkansas ratify the Equal Rights Amendment".

Just in case you don't remember, the amendment would read;

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

The article notes that "Madison needs one more vote to get the committee's recommendation and free the resolution to be sent on to the Senate for action".

One senator, Bill Pritchard of Elkins, Arkansas, "worries that it could somehow reverse state Amendment 83, which defines marriage as being only between one man and one woman.".

Jerry Cox, president of the Family Council, has sent e-mails saying that the Equal Rights Amendment would "make all state and federal laws gender neutral," placing Arkansas' amendment defining marriage in "serious jeopardy."

Arkansas would be the 36th state (out of 38 needed) to ratify the amendment, and though the legal deadline for ratification expired in 19-frakkin'-82, Madison doesn't seem to be too concerned about that;

Smith has said no deadline applies to the amendment, pointing to the 27th Amendment, which deals with congressional pay, that was ratified in 1986, more than 200 years after it was proposed.

Yeah, well, there are a lot of legal experts who disagree with that assessment.

But it's certainly a new twist on the Obama presidency. His magic is so powerful that liberal social experiments long dead and buried are rising from their moldy graves and walking around like zombies. Rotten, stinky zombies. And the ERA as a legal end-run around gay-marriage bans? Too rich! I'll bet the gals at NOW are all a twitter.

Arkansans, call or e-mail your senator. In the words of Jerry Clower, "Shoot that thang!".

Kill it. Kill it dead.

You can find your Arkansas state senator's contact information HERE.