ERA: We're still not there

Hard to believe this is the 21st century.

Illinois on Wednesday became the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, putting the country only one state away from a landmark change to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing equal rights for women.

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The ERA, first proposed in 1972, guarantees equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. Ratification requires the assent of 38 states, but there’s some legal debate over whether it’s too late for additional states to join those that acted years earlier.

  TPM

Ferfuxsake.

Illinois was one of 15 states not to ratify before the 1982 deadline. The push to ratify took center stage once more after Nevada voted to ratify the amendment last year.

You want to know which states haven't ratified, I'm sure.  I don't think the list will surprise you much, other than the facts that this is the 21st century and that these same states will point to Muslim countries and denegrate them for their treatment of women.

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Utah
Virginia

I'm guessing you can notice the pattern.

And, what may be a worse indicator of the times, five states voted to withdraw their ratification of the ERA, even though Congress has denied them the legality of it:

Nebraska
Tennessee
Idaho
Kentucky
South Dakota