Posted on 10/08/2018 7:06:23 PM PDT by simpson96
"My name is Alyssa Milano, and I do not have equal rights under our Constitution. I have a three-year-old daughter named Bella. She does not have equal rights under the Constitution, either."
This is how I began my testimony at a Congressional shadow hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) just a few months ago. At that point, I didn't think it could be possible to feel more urgency about insisting that women be protected in our government's highest legal document, the US Constitution. I was wrong.
Now, as I watch Brett Kavanaugh's likely ascension to the Supreme Court, it feels like a new kind of violation, proving we need an Equal Rights Amendment so that our justice system has the tools to treat women equally under the law.
Our country has allowed men like Brett Kavanaugh to use our founding documents to preserve their power and privilege, while denying women protection from the consequences of their actions. That is because, for most of our country's history, the Constitution has treated anyone who is not a white, land-owning man to be a second-class citizen -- a legacy the document has yet to shed.
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I am not asserting that Brett Kavanaugh opposes constitutional equality for women and men, but then again, I do not know. And his actions, I do not trust.
What I do know -- what all of us have seen proven beyond a doubt -- is that our country's 200-plus-year history of subjugating women has come at a devastating price. In recent months, we've heard an outpouring of firsthand accounts about what life as a second-class citizen in this country is like.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
45-year-old spoiled rotten female, famous for being a slut, and for nothing more.
Her total education mentioned in her biography: "Her education was split between school and an on-set tutor with whom Milano would work for three hours a day.[15]" No college, no university, dyslexic from lack of reading practice; ignorant as a bucket of mud.
Equal rights would be great for her. She could learn to be a waitress (maybe), or a hotel maid, or a coffee barista.
...or a charwoman.
Why does Congress invite the stupidest entertainment people to hearings? I would like to know the names behind this! Our people should say, "NO!"
Sammiches are yum. Don’t wimmins like ‘em, too?
a Congressional shadow hearing
What the hell?
Sure, we just got to eat them in the kitchen. That’s where the downtrodden are kept.
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