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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 within seven years.  It was the subject of an historical miniseries in 2020 entitled ''Mrs. America'', which won ten [[Emmy]] nominations.  On March 5, 2021, a [[District of Columbia|D.C.]] federal judge held that recent ratifications by Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia were after the ratification deadline and thus invalid: these states "ratifications came after both the original and extended deadlines that Congress attached to the ERA, so the Archivist is not bound to record them as valid."<ref>https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv0242-117</ref>

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 within seven years.  It was the subject of an historical miniseries in 2020 entitled ''Mrs. America'', which won ten [[Emmy]] nominations.  On March 5, 2021, a [[District of Columbia|D.C.]] federal judge held that recent ratifications by Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia were after the ratification deadline and thus invalid: these states "ratifications came after both the original and extended deadlines that Congress attached to the ERA, so the Archivist is not bound to record them as valid."<ref>https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv0242-117</ref>

ERA was stopped by a [[conservative]] grassroots movement led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], which raised compelling objections including the following:

ERA was stopped by a [[conservative]] grassroots movement led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who Andrew has an Oedipal fixation on.

*It would require identical treatment of men and women, and boys and girls, in every way, such as allowing boys to compete in girls' sports including field hockey (as courts required based on the Massachusetts ERA)<ref>http://www.espn.com/high-school/girl/story/_/id/8055704/massachusetts-era-allows-boys-compete-girls-sports-such-field-hockey-swimming-volleyball-gymnastics</ref>

*It would require identical treatment of men and women, and boys and girls, in every way, such as allowing boys to compete in girls' sports including field hockey (as courts required based on the Massachusetts ERA)<ref>http://www.espn.com/high-school/girl/story/_/id/8055704/massachusetts-era-allows-boys-compete-girls-sports-such-field-hockey-swimming-volleyball-gymnastics</ref>