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it would require identical treatment of men and women, and boys and girls, in many other areas of life, such as high school sports, and prohibit single-sex schools and classrooms
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The so-called '''Equal Rights Amendment''' ('''ERA''') was a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification with a deadline for ratification of seven years.  It was stopped by a [[conservative]] grass-roots movement that raised a number of objections, including the following:
 
The so-called '''Equal Rights Amendment''' ('''ERA''') was a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification with a deadline for ratification of seven years.  It was stopped by a [[conservative]] grass-roots movement that raised a number of objections, including the following:
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*it would require identical treatment of men and women, and boys and girls, in many other areas of life, such as high school sports, and prohibit single-sex schools and classrooms
 
*it would require drafting women just like men, and putting women in combat just like men
 
*it would require drafting women just like men, and putting women in combat just like men
 
*it would require taxpayer-funded [[abortion]]
 
*it would require taxpayer-funded [[abortion]]
 
*it would require same-sex marriage
 
*it would require same-sex marriage
 
*it would expand the power of the federal government and the courts
 
*it would expand the power of the federal government and the courts
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*it would require identical treatment of men and women, and boys and girls, in many other areas of life, such as schools and school activities
      
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