• Home
  • Illinois News
  • Illinois Politics
  • US Politics
  • US NEWS
  • America First
  • Opinion
  • World News
  • Second Amendment
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Illinois Review
  • Login
  • Register
  • Home
  • Illinois News
  • Illinois Politics
  • US Politics
  • US NEWS
  • America First
  • Opinion
  • World News
  • Second Amendment
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Illinois News
  • Illinois Politics
  • US Politics
  • US NEWS
  • America First
  • Opinion
  • World News
  • Second Amendment
No Result
View All Result
Illinois Review
No Result
View All Result
Home Illinois News

Illinois becomes the 37th state to ratify Equal Rights Amendment, but so what?

Illinois Review by Illinois Review
June 1, 2018
in Illinois News
Reading Time: 3 mins read
A A
6
26
SHARES
432
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

6a00d834515c5469e201a73dc97598970d-500wi
In 1972, ERA supporters squirted lawmakers names in pig blood on the IL Capitol rotunda floor

You might also like

Chicago AM560 Axes Local Morning Radio Personality Amy Jacobson, Keeps Florida-based Host in Cost-Cutting Move

JB Pritzker Receives 2% in Presidential Poll, Ranks Lowest in Minority Support Among Democrats

Trump’s Jobs Boom Skips Illinois—Thanks to Pritzker’s Tax Hikes

SPRINGFIELD – After decades of trying and failing, Wednesday night radical feminists, gay rights activists and abortion promoters finally were successful in pushing the Illinois General Assembly to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. After passing the Illinois Senate in April, the ERA passed the Illinois House with only one vote to spare, making the national effort one short of the ratification requirement of 38 states.

The wording that passed the US Congress in 1972 to be sent to the states for three-fifths to approve adding to the U.S. Constitution says, "(1) Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex; (2) The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article; (3) This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification."

But the US Congress also put a seven year time limit on the proposal, and then added three more years, forcing a deadline of 1982. 

So that means if Arizona, Utah, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina or Virginia becomes the 38th state to ratify the ERA, it may all be a hollow success because already, the effort is 36 years beyond the Congress-imposed deadline. 

But, supporters say, Congress changed the deadline once. They can do it again – can't they? Yes, the Congressional Research Service said in 2013.

And that issue may be a reason for conservatives to get to the ballot box in November – to keep Nancy Pelosi and a Democrat majority in the US House from changing the ERA's deadline. 

But it may also be a reason for Illinois conservatives to protest by staying home in November. Frustrated with a governor that has abruptly dismissed the Republican Party base by signing into law a bill forcing taxpayers to pay for abortions their conscience abhors, embracing immigration policy that makes Illinois in effect a sanctuary state, along with dropping any effort to repeal last year's income tax hike by approving a budget that demands the hike, conservatives are losing reason to be enthused about this year's election. 

Not to mention the day after the ERA's leading sponsor won the vote, State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Chicago) was accused of harassing a female activist, forcing him to resign from prominent leadership roles in the Illinois House. 

Lang's embarrassing situation provoked a post-ERA vote from the late ERA leading opponent Phyllis Schlafly's son Andy:

Illinois House Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang pushed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) through last night, falsely pretending that women have been excluded from the Constitution.

Less than 24 hours later, he has resigned from his leadership post amid scandalous allegations by a woman that he committed “terrible acts against her.”  The woman said of Rep. Lang, “I was harassed. I was intimidated. I was humiliated.”

As the chief sponsor of ERA in Illinois, Rep. Lang denies the accusations, but he sure resigned his powerful position awfully quickly.

Phyllis Schlafly might find this turn of events amusing from above.

Despite all of this, the ERA's passage may eventually face insurmountable odds in being officially added to the US Constitution.

Related

Share10Tweet7
Previous Post

Illinois prolife, family groups vow to withhold endorsement for ERA-supporting lawmakers

Next Post

Downstate lawmakers call for Chicago to be 51st state

Illinois Review

Illinois Review

Founded in 2005, Illinois Review is the leading perspective and source of conservative news, opinion and information in Illinois. Follow Illinois Review on X at @IllinoisReview.

Recommended For You

Chicago AM560 Axes Local Morning Radio Personality Amy Jacobson, Keeps Florida-based Host in Cost-Cutting Move

by Illinois Review
July 1, 2025
0
Chicago AM560 Axes Local Morning Radio Personality Amy Jacobson, Keeps Florida-based Host in Cost-Cutting Move

By Illinois ReviewIn a shocking cost-cutting move Tuesday, Chicago’s AM560 The Answer terminated longtime morning host Amy Jacobson, as the struggling conservative station grapples with declining relevance –...

Read moreDetails

JB Pritzker Receives 2% in Presidential Poll, Ranks Lowest in Minority Support Among Democrats

by Illinois Review
June 30, 2025
0
JB Pritzker Receives 2% in Presidential Poll, Ranks Lowest in Minority Support Among Democrats

By Illinois ReviewIn one of the first nationwide hypothetical polls for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, Illinois Governor and billionaire JB Pritzker ranks at the bottom, receiving the...

Read moreDetails

Trump’s Jobs Boom Skips Illinois—Thanks to Pritzker’s Tax Hikes

by Thomas Mccullagh
June 26, 2025
0
Trump’s Jobs Boom Skips Illinois—Thanks to Pritzker’s Tax Hikes

Illinois is missing out on Trump’s U.S. manufacturing boom. While other states welcome new factories, Pritzker’s tax hikes and regulations keep businesses out—and force longtime employers to leave.

Read moreDetails

Opinion: We’ll Save You If We See You Burning

by Janelle Powell
June 21, 2025
0
Opinion: We’ll Save You If We See You Burning

By Janelle Powell, Opinion ContributorIn a dazzling display of bureaucratic brilliance, the City of Chicago has rolled out a new policy for the Chicago Fire Department that essentially...

Read moreDetails

Caught Off Guard: Pritzker Left Speechless on Women’s Restroom Question Amid Sanctuary City Testimony

by Illinois Review
June 12, 2025
0
Caught Off Guard: Pritzker Left Speechless on Women’s Restroom Question Amid Sanctuary City Testimony

By Illinois ReviewIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker testified Wednesday before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee alongside fellow sanctuary city governors – occasionally appearing visibly stunned and...

Read moreDetails
Next Post

Downstate lawmakers call for Chicago to be 51st state

Please login to join discussion

Best Dental Group

Related News

IL Freedom Caucus calls on Lurie Children’s Hospital to cease gender services for kids

October 27, 2022

Beckman: Is the Brigham Young University racial slur controversy another hoax?

October 27, 2022

Salvi polling shows closer race

October 27, 2022

Browse by Category

  • America First
  • Education
  • Faith & Family
  • Foreign Policy
  • Health Care
  • Illinois News
  • Illinois Politics
  • Opinion
  • Science
  • Second Amendment
  • TRENDING
  • US NEWS
  • US Politics
  • World News
Illinois Review

© 2024 llinois Review LLC Editor in Chief Mark Vargas Publisher Thomas McCullagh Chief Counsel Scott Kaspar

Navigate Site

  • Checkout
  • Home
  • Home – mobile
  • Login/Register
  • Login/Register
  • My account
  • My Account-
  • My Account- – mobile

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Illinois News
  • Illinois Politics
  • US Politics
  • Health Care
  • US NEWS
  • America First
  • Opinion
  • TRENDING
  • Education
  • Foreign Policy
  • Second Amendment
  • Faith & Family
  • Science
  • World News

© 2024 llinois Review LLC Editor in Chief Mark Vargas Publisher Thomas McCullagh Chief Counsel Scott Kaspar

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?