Consequences Of The Equal Rights Amendment

What was the intent of the Equal Rights Amendment? Why did it fail? How, if at all, would

the status of women be different today if the ERA were ratified?

The intention of the Equal Rights Amendment was to give equal rights to women as men. I think

ERA failed to pass because all 50 states did not supported ERA. ERA also failed to pass because

“most people supported the idea of women’s rights in the abstract, but they weren’t sure what the

consequences of such an amendment would be, and they feared the possibility of radical social

change. “As book says that by early 1973, thirty states had approved ERA and also in next four,

other five states also have approved ERA. Three states short of necessary, which bring to 38

states have

Is it unsettling that there is no uniformity of laws regarding gay

marriage across the United States? Some states allow gay marriage, some allow civil unions,

and some states allow no form of homosexual domestic partnerships, at least not ones

recognized formally. What does that mean for homosexual Americans? Does the pending

repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” military policy make students feel more optimistic about

rights for gay people in America?

The current status of the gay rights movement: last month the Supreme Court pass the rule that

all 50 states have legal right to marry same sex. Victories for gays and lesbians is, that they can

legally obtain the marriage license. Nothing still needs to be achieved. I would say that gays and

lesbians will still continue to obtain more rights in the future. Since it legal to all 50 states, there

should be no unsettling, should be only uniformity of laws regarding gay marriage across the

Unites States.

How do we know when social or political inequality exists? What does it mean to be "equal”?

Are equity and equality the same things? Should our constitution merely provide the potential

for equality to exist? Or should it guarantee an equal

Our constitution should definitely provide equality to exist. It should

guarantee an equal outcome. Everybody should be treated equally.

Discuss the political representation of African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic

Americans, Asian Americans, and women in the U.S. government. How much political

representation do these groups have? What gains have been made in increasing political

representation? Why might these groups still have to struggle to increase political

representation?

According to the textbook; African Americans were only people whose civil rights were denied.

Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and women in the U.S. government

have faced their own kind of discrimination. These groups have had different political resources

available to them, so their struggles have taken in different ways. For Native Americans, some

improvements have been made. Supreme Court failed to support religious freedom for Native

Americans, but some lower court orders have supported their rights. According to my