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[quote=Anonymous]I read an article on the CNN website that is beyond disturbing today.

CEDAW was sdopted by the UN in 1979. 186 member states have committed on paper to establishing equality in health care, education, political participation, employment and marriage and combating gender related violence and sex trafficking. There are 7 countries around the globe who haven't ratified it including: Iran, Palau, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tonga and the United States.

In order for the US to ratify the treaty, two thirds of the Senate must vote in favor of it. It has never made it to floor for a vote. And lest you think that the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment provides gender equality here's what Antonin Scalia has to say on the topic in the January 2011 issue of California Lawyer:

"Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn't".

This is soul-crushing and makes me weep for my daughters. [b]I urge those who feel the same to become active in the renewed effort to pass The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)[/b] which was passed in 1972 by both houses of Congress but only ratified by 35 (it needed 38). The states that never saw fit to ratify the ERA include: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia.

I'm especially talking to you Virginia. Make passage of the ERA an important factor in your vote in 2016.

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