Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. "The Equal Rights Amendment"

Thought provoking
The debate over the ERA is still occurring though not as much so this episode remains relevant. The debate between his two guests is quite lively and the speaker advocating the ERA dismisses her opponent and her facts out of hand.

Interesting.
You ought to pay people equally for equal work, regardless of who they are. The only qualifier to variance is quality and quantity of whatever labor it is that needs to be executed. The Equal Rights Amendment, at the time, was generated during the massive social changes that were taking place in the 60s and 70s, but had a long history of gestation within our nation's history.

William F. Buckley, a staunch defender of familial convention and ascent by merit, wonders what the ERA is all about, and why it's needed if there are already laws that defend a person's (read that as woman's) rights to equitable treatment under the law. That is why is such a large legislative statement needed when within the minutiae of state constitutions, specific laws already address case specific examples of breach of social contract.

The truth is not all states had laws that would address all scenarios, and, in addition, there was a significant mindset among a certain kind of male...

Listen to this very carefully girls
Every woman needs to watch this (if you weren't there to see it or remember it) and listen very carefully. Learn the truth about equal rights and what women's lib really did. It didn't liberate women; it only liberated men to have free sex, use and exploit women emotionally, sexually and financially. Also read http://www.amazon.com/Feminist-Fantasies-Phyllis-Schlafly/dp/1890626465/ref=pd_sim_b_2 and http://www.amazon.com/Domestic-Tranquility-Brief-Against-Feminism/dp/1890626090/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343334086&sr=1-1&keywords=domestic+tranquility+a+brief+against+feminism as well.

We know today that most of the things the feminists wanted were achieved. Many of the "equal rights" that the ERA would have put into law at the federal level were achieved by the 14th Amendment's "equal protection" clause and there was nothing stopping states from changing their laws to abolish legal sex distinctions. The term "equal rights" is so common and ordinary today that many of...

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