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To: ameribbean expat; All
Regarding the referenced article, I had forgotten all about the ERA.
Equal Rights Amendment

Are patriots aware that the failure of the ERA basically nullifies PC, pro-gay interpretations of the 14th Amendment’s (14A) Equal Protections Clause (EPC) imo, state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices now using PC interpretations of EPC to justify gay “marriage."

In other words, if 14A’s EPC was intended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex as activist justices have now argued concerning gay “marriage” for example, then there would have been no need for the EPA imo.

Insights, corrections welcome.

19 posted on 05/10/2016 9:28:24 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Amendment10
… no need for the EPA ERA that is.
20 posted on 05/10/2016 9:30:07 PM PDT by Amendment10
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-- In other words, if 14A's EPC was intended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex as activist justices have now argued concerning gay "marriage" for example, then there would have been no need for the EPA imo. --

Just shows that there is more than one way to skin a cat, and that courts will use whatever widget they find as the means to justify the desired outcome. Courts are outcome driven, not law driven.

32 posted on 05/11/2016 5:30:07 AM PDT by Cboldt
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