Really?
Tillis and Budd vote AGAINST equality for N.C. women
The question asked of our U.S. senators was simple: Should we vote to affirm that the Equal Rights Amendment is rightfully the 28th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
Yea, 51. Nay, 47. And two of those no votes were cast by our own Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd!
A whopping majority, 82% percent of Americans, believe the ERA should be law. And a recent Meredith College Poll specific to North Carolina found support for ERA has actually grown from 67.4 percent to 71.5 percent in the past five years. This pro-ERA conviction is true across party lines, in urban and rural settings, among men and women.
Do our senators actually believe in constitutional INequality as their votes suggest? The excuse for their non-support has been the arbitrary deadline included in the preamble to the ERA 51 years ago. It is a moot issue. Nowhere in our Constitution does it mention “deadlines.” This is a made-up, lazy excuse for denying women their fundamental and precious rights to full equality under the law.
We’re mad as hell. But the fight continues and a second vote is expected before this congressional session is over. We will skip over the demoralization we feel today and plot our campaign to turn our own senators into ERA supporters. When we fight and we’re right, we WIN.
WRITE, CALL OUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL!
If you missed the Senate action, you can watch it for yourself on the ERA Coalition’s Facebook page. They also livestreamed the press conference they held afterwards, with excellent comments from Zakiya Thomas of the ERA Coalition, House Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush, and Alyssa Milano.
Make Your Voice Heard
Please urge Tillis and Budd to support North Carolina women and SJR 4!
Sen. Thom Tillis
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6342 https://www.tillis.senate.gov
Sen. Thom Tillis
Sen. Ted Budd
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